Pregnancy in kidney recipients under cyclosporine

Authors :: Berardinelli, L.
Dallatana, R.
Beretta, C.
Raiteri, M.
Tonello, G.
Quaglia, F.
Vegeto, A.
Source :: Transplant International; January 1992, Vol. 5 Issue: Supplement 1 pS480-S481, 2p
Publication Year :: 1992
Abstract: About 1 of every 50 women of child‐bearing age who have a functioning kidney transplant become pregnant. Successful pregnancies following kidney allotransplantation with conventional immunosuppressive treatment are well described [8], and there is no evidence of abnormalities in the infants born. The use of cyclosporine (CSA) means new problems for the pregnant women and the fetus: the risk of congenital abnormalities, fetal growth retardation, hepato‐ and nephrotoxicity. We report the experience of 16 pregnancies in 16 of our kidney transplant patients, of which 7 were treated with CSA.