Pregnancy, delivery, and birth outcome in women with multiple sclerosis

Neurology. 2005 Dec 27;65(12):1961-3. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000188898.02018.95.

Abstract

Using data from the compulsory Medical Birth Registry of Norway, the authors investigated the effect of maternal multiple sclerosis (MS) on pregnancy, delivery, and birth outcome in 649 births by MS mothers and 2.1 million control births. The mothers with MS had a higher proportion of neonates small for gestational age and also more frequent induction and operative interventions during delivery.

MeSH terms

  • Age Distribution
  • Arthritis / epidemiology
  • Causality
  • Cohort Studies
  • Comorbidity
  • Female
  • Fetal Growth Retardation / epidemiology*
  • Fetal Nutrition Disorders / immunology
  • Fetal Nutrition Disorders / physiopathology
  • Gestational Age
  • Humans
  • Infant, Low Birth Weight / immunology
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Multiple Sclerosis / epidemiology*
  • Multiple Sclerosis / physiopathology
  • Norway / epidemiology
  • Obstetric Labor Complications / epidemiology
  • Obstetric Labor Complications / physiopathology
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications / epidemiology*
  • Pregnancy Complications / physiopathology
  • Pregnancy Outcome / epidemiology*
  • Registries
  • Urinary Tract Infections / epidemiology