Pregnancy and multiple sclerosis

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 38-47

  Bennett, Kelly A ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; BETA1 INTERFERON; CORTICOSTEROID; ESTRIOL; GLATIRAMER; MITOXANTRONE; PROGESTERONE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FETOTOXICITY; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREGNANCY; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RELAPSE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RECURRENCE;

EID: 14844356018     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.grf.0000153881.20014.86     Document Type: Conference Paper

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