Publications by authors named "Laura Gomez-Irwin"
Successful pregnancy and follow-up after in vitro fertilization of a kidney transplant patient with systemic lupus erythematosus, primary biliary cholangitis, and hypothyroidism.
Teresa Gastañaga-Holguera Marta Calvo Laura Gómez-Irwin Isabel Campo Gesto Virginia González-González
JBRA Assist Reprod
October 2021
Article Synopsis
- A woman who had a kidney transplant and several health issues had a baby using a method called in vitro fertilization (IVF).
- It's important for kidney transplant patients to have good health and stable medication before trying IVF and getting pregnant.
- There hasn't been much information on similar cases, so doctors had to carefully decide if IVF was safe for this woman and her baby.
Background And Aims: Primary sclerosing cholangitis [PSC] is usually associated with inflammatory bowel disease [IBD]. An increased risk of malignancies, mainly colorectal cancer [CRC] and cholangiocarcinoma [CCA], has been reported in PSC-IBD patients. Our aim was to determine the clinical characteristics and management of PSC in IBD patients, and the factors associated with malignancies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBiologic anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) drugs have demonstrated their efficacy for the treatment of ulcerative colitis. Nevertheless, some patients will not respond to this therapy or will develop loss of response. Leukapheresis is the main non-pharmacological therapy for some immune-mediated diseases.
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