Does pregnancy alter the long-term course of multiple sclerosis?

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Karp, Igor ^a,b   Manganas, Alexandra ^b   Sylvestre, Marie Pierre ^a,b   Ho, Annie ^b   Roger, Elaine ^c   Duquette, Pierre ^b,c  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cohort; Epidemiology; Longitudinal studies; Multiple sclerosis; Pregnancy; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

BETA INTERFERON; GLATIRAMER; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; ADOLESCENT; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROPENSITY SCORE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROPENSITY SCORE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902529020     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2014.04.007     Document Type: Article

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