An uneventful pregnancy and delivery, in a case with chronic myeloid leukemia on imatinib

Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 109-111

  Martin, Jovita ^a   Ramesh, Anita ^a   Devadasan, Lalitha ^b   Palaniappan, ^b   Martin, Jude J ^b  

^a SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology ^*  (India)

Author keywords

CML in pregnancy; imatinib in pregnancy; safety of imatinib in pregnancy

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYUREA; IMATINIB;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; BREAST FEEDING; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 82655176498     PISSN: 09715851     EISSN: 09752129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-5851.89795     Document Type: Article

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