Pregnancy and inflammatory bowel disease
| Journal | Volume 65 - 2002 |
| Issue | Fasc.4 - Symposium |
| Author(s) | E. Louis, J. Belaiche |
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| Service de Gastroentérologie, CHU de Liège, Domaine du Sart Tilman, 4000 Liège, Belgium. |
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Overall, around 25% of women with inflammatory bowel disease will conceive during their disease. Most of the women with inflammatory bowel disease will have a normal pregnancy and healthy children. However, specific problems may arise related to these pregancies. This paper reviews what is known on fertility, risk of disease transmission, effect of the disease on the pregnancy and the reverse, delivery, medical follow up and treatment as well as breastfeeding in the setting of inflammatory bowel disease. (Acta gastroenterol. belg., 2002, 65, 230-232). |
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