Expert recommendations to personalization of medical approaches in treatment of multiple sclerosis: an overview of family planning and pregnancy.
EPMA J
; 3(1): 9, 2012 Jun 22.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22738272
ABSTRACT
Multiple sclerosis is the most common chronic autoimmune disease of the central nervous system which preferentially affects females at childbearing age. For this reason, patients and treating physicians were frequently confronted with questions concerning family planning, pregnancy and birth. Preventive and personalized treatment approaches are considered, because topics as heredity, risk of congenital malformations, influence of pregnancy on MS and aspects of drug therapy during the period of conception, pregnancy, puerperium and lactation have to be discussed. Here, we provide an overview about the current state of knowledge regarding these issues.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Type of study:
Guideline
Language:
En
Journal:
EPMA J
Year:
2012
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Alemania