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oa Interferon ALFA (INF-α) use during pregnancy: A case report in chronic myeloid leukemia and a review literature
- Source: Qatar Medical Journal, Volume 2000, Issue 1, Jun 2000, 2
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- 01 June 2000
Abstract
A patient with Philadelphia chromosome positive chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) being treated with INF-a conceived during treatment which continued for the whole course of her pregnancy. A female infant was born at 40th week of gestation and was found to have a platelet count of 56 x 109/L which returned to normal after two weeks.
A literature review of similar cases showed no abnormalities in the infants of mothers receiving INF-a during pregnancy. The safety of INF-a during pregnancy requires further study before its routine use during pregnancy can be recommended.
© 2000 Kakil I.R., et. al., licensee Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals.