Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 354-362 , December 2007

Pregnancy After Thoracic Organ Transplantation

  • Danny W. Wu, MBChB

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Danny W. Wu, MBChB, 622 West 168th Street, PH-16 Suite 66, New York, NY 10032.
    • ,
  • Jessie Wilt, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY.
    • ,
  • Susan Restaino, MD

      Affiliations

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

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doi: 10.1053/j.semperi.2007.09.005

Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 354-362 , December 2007

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