Pregnancy and multiple sclerosis: The initial results from a Brazilian database

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 67, Issue 3 A, 2009, Pages 657-660

  Fragoso, Yara Dadalti ^a   Finkelsztejn, Alessandro ^b   Comini Frota, Elizabeth Regina ^c   Da Gama, Paulo Diniz ^d   Grzesiuk, Ansderson Kuntz ^e   Khouri, Jussara Mathias Netto ^f   Alves Leon, Soniza Vieira ^g   Morales, Rogério De Rizo ^h   Lana Peixoto, Marco Aurélio ^g   Da Rocha, Cristiane Franklin ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE METROPOLITANA DE SANTOS   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e Hospital Santa Rosa   (Brazil)

^f PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^h FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Glatiramer acetate; Interferon beta; Low birth weight; Multiple sclerosis; Obstetric complications; Pregnancy; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

BETA INTERFERON; BETA1A INTERFERON; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; GLATIRAMER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHOTREXATE;

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; BLEEDING; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; SHOULDER DYSTOCIA; SIDE EFFECT; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 69749108906     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2009000400015     Document Type: Article

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