title: Successful pregnancy in a woman with systemic sclerosis while taking nifedipine.
abstract: The case is reported of successful conception and pregnancy in a woman with systemic sclerosis while receiving continuous treatment with nifedipine 30 mg/day, after a previously poor obstetric record and involuntary secondary infertility.
authors.affiliation: Skin Department, St Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London.
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Kirby
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D009543:Nifedipine