Breastfeeding and multiple sclerosis relapses: A meta-analysis

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 259, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2246-2248

  Pakpoor, Julia ^a,b   Disanto, Giulio ^a,b   Lacey, Melanie V ^c   Hellwig, Kerstin ^d   Giovannoni, Gavin ^e   Ramagopalan, Sreeram V ^a,b,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RELAPSE;

BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 84867334113     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-012-6553-z     Document Type: Letter

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