Infliximab and adalimumab use during breastfeeding

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 718-719

  Fritzsche, Juliane ^a   Pilch, Anna ^b   Mury, Dina ^c   Schaefer, Christof ^a   Weber Schoendorfer, Corinna ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b IMMUNDIAGNOSTIK AG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; FC RECEPTOR; INFLIXIMAB;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; LACTATION; LARYNGITIS; LETTER; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MILK, HUMAN;

EID: 84865517555     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: 15392031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e31825f2807     Document Type: Letter

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