Predictors and dynamics of postpartum relapses in women with multiple sclerosis

Stella E Hughes, Tim Spelman, Orla M Gray, Cavit Boz, Maria Trojano, Alessandra Lugaresi, Guillermo Izquierdo, Pierre Duquette, Marc Girard, Francois Grand'Maison, Pierre Grammond, Celia Oreja-Guevara, Raymond Hupperts, Roberto Bergamaschi, Giorgio Giuliani, Jeannette Lechner-Scott, Michael Barnett, Maria Edite Rio, Vincent van Pesch, Maria Pia AmatoGerardo Iuliano, Mark Slee, Freek Verheul, Edgardo Cristiano, Ricardo Fernández-Bolaños, Dieter Poehlau, Maria Laura Saladino, Norma Deri, Jose Cabrera-Gomez, Norbert Vella, Joseph Herbert, Eli Skromne, Aldo Savino, Cameron Shaw, Fraser Moore, Steve Vucic, Tatjana Petkovska-Boskova, Gavin McDonnell, Stanley Hawkins, Frank Kee, Helmut Butzkueven, MSBase study group

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Abstract

Several studies have shown that pregnancy reduces multiple sclerosis (MS) relapses, which increase in the early postpartum period. Postpartum relapse risk has been predicted by pre-pregnancy disease activity in some studies.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)739-46
Number of pages8
JournalMultiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England)
Volume20
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2014

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