Birth hospitalization in mothers with multiple sclerosis and their newborns

Neurology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 447-452

  Lu, Ellen ^a   Zhao, Yinshan ^a   Zhu, Feng ^a   Van Der Kop, Mia L ^a   Synnes, Anne ^a   Dahlgren, Leanne ^a   Sadovnick, A Dessa ^a   Sayao, Ana Luiza ^a   Tremlett, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; DISEASE DURATION; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE;

ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COHORT STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MOTHERS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873618131     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31827f0efc     Document Type: Article

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