The Japan Society for Transplantation is understood to be drafting guidelines on how to treat women who want to conceive and give birth while taking medication after transplant surgery — the first move of its kind worldwide.
The organization plans to release the guidelines as early as October, when it holds a general meeting. An English-language version is also underway.
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