Women and transplantation: Fertility, sexuality, pregnancy, contraception

Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 433-440

  Josephson, Michelle A ^a,b   McKay, Dianne B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Departments of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Kidney transplant; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BASILIXIMAB; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CORTICOSTEROID; EVEROLIMUS; LEFLUNOMIDE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; RAPAMYCIN; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUALITY;

KIDNEY TRANSPLANT; PREGNANCY;

CESAREAN SECTION; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREMATURE BIRTH; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXUALITY;

EID: 84882805828     PISSN: 15485595     EISSN: 15485609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ackd.2013.06.005     Document Type: Review

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