Acute and chronic lung allograft rejection during pregnancy.
Young women who undergo lung transplantation may regain normal fertility and become pregnant. Currently, little is known about the outcome of pregnancy after lung transplantation. We present a case of pregnancy after bilateral lung transplantation complicated by acute and chronic allograft rejection, resulting in irreversible loss of lung function.
Donaldson
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Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA.
Novotny
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Paradowski
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Aris
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R
D000032:Abortion, Therapeutic; D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001989:Bronchiolitis Obliterans / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006084:Graft Rejection; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications