Cyclosporine and lactation: When the mother is willing to breastfeed

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 147-148

  Osadchy, Alla ^a   Koren, Gideon ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

cyclosporine; lactation; therapeutic drug monitoring

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG SAFETY; EVENING DOSAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LACTATION; MORNING DOSAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BREAST FEEDING; CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LACTATION; MILK, HUMAN; PREGNANCY;

EID: 79953222890     PISSN: 01634356     EISSN: 15363694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FTD.0b013e318208e3a4     Document Type: Article

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