Pregnancy and birth: Safe for women with kidney transplants
Saturday, September 26, 2009 - 06:49
in Health & Medicine
Women who have had a kidney transplant and have good kidney function can get pregnant and give birth without jeopardising their health or the health of their transplant. Having children does not affect patients' kidney function or their life-span compared with transplanted women who do not have children, according to a matching cohort study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN)...