Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 348-353 , December 2007

Pregnancy After Liver Transplantation

  • Clarissa Bonanno, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Clarissa Bonanno, MD, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Medical Center, 622 West 168th Street, PH16, New York, NY 10032.
    • ,
  • Lorna Dove, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY.

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PII: S0146-0005(07)00108-5

doi: 10.1053/j.semperi.2007.09.004

Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 348-353 , December 2007

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