Pregnancy following liver transplantation during childhood and adolescence

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 712-717

  Spearman, C W N ^a,b,c   Goddard, E ^a,d   McCulloch, M I ^a,d   Hairwadzi, H N ^b,c   Sonderup, M W ^b,c   Kahn, D ^b,e   Millar, A J W ^c  

^a RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d Paediatrics ^*  (South Africa)

^e Surgery   (South Africa)

Author keywords

liver transplantation; outcomes; pediatric; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN; LEVONORGESTREL; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MATERNAL AGE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RENAL GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80055025098     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2011.01554.x     Document Type: Article

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