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МЕЖДУНАРОДНЫЕ И РОССИЙСКИЕ РЕКОМЕНДАЦИИ ПО ЛЕЧЕНИЮ РЕВМАТИЧЕСКИХ ЗАБОЛЕВАНИЙ

INTERNATIONAL AND RUSSIAN GUIDELINES FOR THE TREATMENT OF RHEUMATIC DISEASES

Рекомендации EULAR 2024 года по применению противоревматических препаратов в репродуктивном периоде, во время беременности и лактации, комментарии к ним

EULAR 2024 recommendations on the use of antirheumatic drugs in reproduction, pregnancy and lactation and comments on them

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Кошелева

Н. М.

Kosheleva

N. M.

Кошелева Надежда Михайловна,

115522, Москва, Каширское шоссе, 34а

Nadezhda M. Kosheleva

115522, Moscow, Kashirskoye Highway, 34A

nadkosheleva@yandex.ru

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Решетняк

Т. М.

Reshetnyak

T. M.

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Tatiana M. Reshetnyak

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Клименченко

Н. И.

Klimenchenko

N. I.

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Natalia I. Klimenchenko

117997, Москва, ул. Академика Опарина, 4

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Насонов

Е. Л.

Nasonov

E. L.

115522, Москва, Каширское шоссе, 34а

Evgeny L. Nasonov

115522, Moscow, Kashirskoye Highway, 34A

ФГБНУ «Научно-исследовательский институт ревматологии им. В.А. Насоновой»РоссияV.A. Nasonova Research Institute of RheumatologyRussian Federation

ФГБНУ «Научно-исследовательский институт ревматологии им. В.А. Насоновой»; ФГБОУ ДПО «Российская медицинская академия непрерывного профессионального образования» Минздрава РоссииРоссияV.A. Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology; Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian FederationRussian Federation

ФГБУ «Национальный медицинский исследовательский центр акушерства, гинекологии и перинатологии имени академика В.И. Кулакова» Минздрава РоссииРоссияNational Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology named after Academician V.I. Kulakov of Ministry of Health of Russian FederationRussian Federation

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Кошелева Н.М., Решетняк Т.М., Клименченко Н.И., Насонов Е.Л.

Kosheleva N.M., Reshetnyak T.M., Klimenchenko N.I., Nasonov E.L.

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В статье представлена обновленная в 2024 г. версия рекомендаций по применению противоревматических препаратов в репродуктивном периоде, во время беременности и лактации, разработанных Европейским альянсом ревматологических ассоциаций, и комментарии к ним.

The article presents an updated version of the recommendations on the use of antirheumatic drugs in reproduction, pregnancy and lactation developed by the European Alliance of Rheumatology Associations in 2024 and commenting on them.

клинические рекомендациипротиворевматические препаратырепродукциябеременностьлактация

clinical recommendationsantirheumatic drugsreproductionpregnancylactation

Исследование не имело спонсорской поддержки

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