Case Report

Successful Pregnancy in a Patient Receiving Hemodialysis

Authors: NANCY G. AHLSTROM, MD, STEVEN R. ALLEN, MD, C. CRAIG TISHER, MD

Abstract

Pregnancy is an unusual occurrence in women with ESRD. We report a successful pregnancy in a patient with ESRD who was receiving hemodialysis; she gave birth to a healthy female infant at 34 weeks' gestational age. We discuss possible physiologic causes of gonadal dysfunction in patients with ESRD.

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