Neonatal and delivery outcomes in women with multiple sclerosis

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-50

  Van Der Kop, Mia L ^a   Pearce, Mark S ^b   Dahlgren, Leanne ^a   Synnes, Anne ^a   Sadovnick, Dessa ^a   Sayao, Ana Luiza ^a   Tremlett, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEWBORN PERIOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960833799     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.22483     Document Type: Article

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