Review of treatment options for psoriasis in pregnant or lactating women: From the Medical Board of the National Psoriasis Foundation

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 459-477

  Bae, Yoon Soo Cindy ^a   Van Voorhees, Abby S ^b   Hsu, Sylvia ^c   Korman, Neil J ^d   Lebwohl, Mark G ^e   Young, Melody ^f   Bebo Jr , Bruce ^g   Kimball, Alexa Boer ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Modern Dermatology Aesthetics Center   (United States)

^g National Psoriasis Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

consensus; female; lactation; pregnancy; psoriasis; treatment; women

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; ANTIPSORIASIS AGENT; CALCIPOTRIOL; COAL TAR; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; DITHRANOL; ETANERCEPT; ETRETIN; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; RETINOID; SALICYLIC ACID; TACROLIMUS; TAZAROTENE;

ABORTION; BREAST FEEDING; CLEFT FACE; CLEFT PALATE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CROHN DISEASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EAR MALFORMATION; FACE DYSMORPHIA; FETUS WASTAGE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; KIDNEY PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; LACTATION; LIVE BIRTH; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MENINGOCELE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEWBORN DEATH; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PUVA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SMOKING; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; SYNDACTYLY; SYNOSTOSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; UMBILICAL HERNIA; URINARY TRACT MALFORMATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PSORIASIS; TACROLIMUS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 84864968572     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2011.07.039     Document Type: Review

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