Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 339-347 , December 2007

Pregnancy in Renal Transplant Recipients

  • Karin M. Fuchs, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY.
    • ,
  • Danny Wu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY.
    • ,
  • Zeynep Ebcioglu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Zeynep Ebcioglu, MD, 622 West 168th Street, PH 4-124, New York, NY 10032.

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doi: 10.1053/j.semperi.2007.09.003

Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 339-347 , December 2007

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