Increase in multiple sclerosis relapse rate following in vitro fertilization

Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1280-1281

  Laplaud, D A ^a   Leray, E ^b   Barriere P ^a   Wiertlewski, S ^a   Moreau, T ^c  

^a NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; RECURRENCE;

EID: 33646678723     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000208521.10685.a6     Document Type: Article

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