Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Pregnancy: Evidence, Uncertainty and Patient Decision-Making

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) often affects women during their child-bearing years. Management of a pregnant IBD patient, or a patient contemplating pregnancy, poses unique challenges and can be quite daunting. Knowledge of the basic interplay among disease, normal host physiology and pregnancy i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Flavio M Habal, Varun Kapila
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2009-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/531638