Acute leukemia during pregnancy.
The management of acute leukemia during pregnancy is difficult. We induced remission in a 23-year-old woman with thioguanine and cytarabine therapy during the 27th week of pregnancy. There were no apparent drug-related, long-term effects on the newborn.
D000328:Adult; D003561:Cytarabine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D013866:Thioguanine / Q000008:administration & dosage*
D003561:Cytarabine; D013866:Thioguanine