title: Pregnancy and inflammatory bowel disease.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Uma
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Mahadevan
mesh_terms: 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