19 Sep 2011
Pregnancy rates were 63, 67, 67, and 30% for groups treated with 0, 3, 10, and 30 mg/kg, respectively. The effects observed at ... Multiple Sclerosis Research: Pregnancy and natalizumab: results of ... Of the women exposed to ...
05 Aug 2011
"Why does MS go away during pregnancy?". Your baby is made up of features from Mum and Dad. The bits from dad should be rejected by the mum's immune system, just as a organ transplant would be, as they are foreign to ...
28 Oct 2012
However, the topic is important and if we want to provide holistic care for woman with MS we need to address how we handle the issue of pregnancy and the advice we give. Misinformation or inconsistent information is one ...
13 Jul 2011
The only significant predictor of having a relapse after childbirth was an increased number of relapses in the year before pregnancy and during the pregnancy itself. Therefore, the reported association between breastfeeding ...
11 Oct 2012
To investigate if women with multiple sclerosis (MS) experience changes in MS symptoms related to pregnancy, the postpartum period, menopause or use of oral contraception (OC) or postmenopausal hormone therapy (HT).
16 Jul 2012
Results: Among 5949 participants, the majority of respondents (79.1%) did not become pregnant following diagnosis of MS. Of these, 34.5% cited MS-related reasons for this decision. The most common MS-related reasons ...
18 Apr 2011
The authors describe the pregnancy and outcome in two women with MS using natalizumab. The first patient ... The second patient did not experience MS relapses during pregnancy, while still using natalizumab. Importantly ...
03 Nov 2012
In a previous study, we demonstrated that mouse adult F(1) offspring, exposed to a vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy, developed a less severe and delayed Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis (EAE), when ...
30 Apr 2010
Judith Staples and colleagues show that low maternal exposure to ultraviolet radiation in the first trimester of pregnancy is independently associated with subsequent risk of MS in their offspring in Australia. The adjusted ...
09 Jul 2012
Predicted UVB radiation and vitamin D status in different time windows during pregnancy were calculated for each month of birth and correlated with risk of ID using the Spearman's correlation coefficient. RESULTS : The ...
25 Dec 2012
CONCLUSIONS: This study confirms previous reports of increased MS births in spring and decreased MS births in the winter months. This could support the role of decreased sunlight exposure during pregnancy and vitamin ...
24 Nov 2012
In the very limited material with samples drawn in early pregnancy, where month-of-birth effects were controlled for, we found no association between gestational 25(OH)D levels and MS risk in the offspring. Decreasing ...
27 Aug 2012
This is very important as it will underpin strategies for prevention, for example, vD supplementation in pregnancy, and it will provide potential markers to assess the impact of MS preventative strategies in the future. In other ...