Increase in relapse rate during assisted reproduction technique in patients with multiple sclerosis

European Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 65-68

  Hellwig, Kerstin ^a   Schimrigk, Sebastian ^b   Beste, Christian ^a   Müller, Thomas ^a,c   Gold, Ralf ^a  

^a ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c St Joseph Hospital Berlin Tempelhof   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction technique; Infertility; Multiple sclerosis; Relapse rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENCE RISK; RELAPSE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STIMULATION; WEB BROWSER;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 56749184083     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000177937     Document Type: Article

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