Long-term effects of childbirth in MS

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-41

  D'Hooghe, M B ^a   Nagels, G ^a,b   Uitdehaag, B M J ^c  

^a Nationaal MS Centrum   (Belgium)

^b ZiekenhuisNetwerk Antwerpen   (Belgium)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73449144449     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2008.163816     Document Type: Article

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