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A 23 year old female who received a renal transplant 3 years ago wishes to discuss becoming pregnant. She has stable transplant function, with a serum creatinine of 121 μmol/L, minimal proteinuria (uPCR 25 mg/mmol) and is maintained on prednisolone, tacrolimus and mycophenolate. Her blood pressure control is excellent. She is only prescribed the medications listed, and takes no over the counter medicines. She wants to discuss potential changes to her medication.
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Fairweather, J., Findlay, M., Isles, C. (2020). Pregnancy and Renal Disease. In: Clinical Companion in Nephrology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38320-6_36
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