Pregnancy and inflammatory bowel disease

Uma Mahadevan

doi:10.1016/j.gtc.2009.07.006

Pregnancy and inflammatory bowel disease

Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 2009 Dec;38(4):629-49. doi: 10.1016/j.gtc.2009.07.006.

Author

Uma Mahadevan¹

Affiliation

¹ 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

PMID: 19913206
DOI: 10.1016/j.gtc.2009.07.006

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.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Colitis, Ulcerative / drug therapy
Crohn Disease / drug therapy
Female
Humans
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / drug therapy*
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications*
Pregnancy Outcome*