Inflammatory bowel disease in pregnancy

Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 1992 Dec;21(4):827-34.

Abstract

This article provides the current state of knowledge on the interrelations between ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease and pregnancy and its multiple concerns, including inheriting inflammatory bowel disease, fertility, influence of inflammatory bowel disease activity on pregnancy and vice versa, the safety of drug therapy, and risk factors. The author provides some conclusions and his recommendations.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Colitis, Ulcerative / drug therapy
  • Colitis, Ulcerative / genetics
  • Colitis, Ulcerative / physiopathology
  • Crohn Disease / drug therapy
  • Crohn Disease / genetics
  • Crohn Disease / physiopathology
  • Female
  • Fertility
  • Humans
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases* / drug therapy
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases* / genetics
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases* / physiopathology
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications* / drug therapy
  • Pregnancy Complications* / physiopathology
  • Prognosis
  • Risk Factors