Although available clinical outcome data are reassuring, the consequences of in utero exposure to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) pharmacotherapies on the development of the neonatal immune system remain ill-defined. So too does the converse effect on immunological maturation of fetal exposure to maternal inflammatory activity. Both warrant elucidation to appropriately stratify antenatal IBD care.
- Ralley E. Prentice
- Sally J. Bell
- Rimma Goldberg