Multiple sclerosis: Management issues during pregnancy

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-9

  Ferrero, Simone ^a   Pretta, Stefano ^b   Ragni, Nicola ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Birth outcomes; Multiple sclerosis; Pregnancy; Pregnancy complications; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BETA1A INTERFERON; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DEXAMETHASONE; GLATIRAMER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INTERFERON BETA SERINE; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MITOXANTRONE; STEROID;

ABORTION; ANENCEPHALUS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEATH; CHILD HEALTH; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG SAFETY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEFICIENCY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIMB DEFECT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; OBSTETRIC CARE; PANCYTOPENIA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERATOGENICITY;

EID: 3042561472     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2003.10.020     Document Type: Review

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