Pregnancy and inflammatory bowel disease.
This review covers important questions that arise for physicians caring for women with inflammatory bowel disease. Fertility, pregnancy outcomes and the safety of medications in pregnancy and lactation are discussed.
Mahadevan
Uma
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Center for Colitis and Crohn's Disease, University of California, San Francisco, 2330 Post Street 610, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA. uma.mahadevan@ucsf.edu
D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000188:drug therapy; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome