IBD: Activity of IBD during pregnancy.
Women worry that their IBD will flare during pregnancy. A prospective multicentre study from Europe has now demonstrated that although women with Crohn's disease do not have an increased risk of relapse during pregnancy, women with ulcerative colitis are at increased risk of relapse, both during pregnancy and postpartum.
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First Street S. W., Rochester, MN 55905, USA. kane.sunanda@mayo.edu.
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D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications