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NEUROLOGY 2005;65:1961-1963
© 2005 American Academy of Neurology
Brief Communications

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

J. Dahl, MD, K. -M. Myhr, MD, PhD, A. K. Daltveit, PhD, J. M. Hoff, MD and N. E. Gilhus, MD, PhD

From the Department of Clinical Medicine, Section of Neurology, University of Bergen and Department of Neurology, Haukeland University Hospital (Drs. Dahl, Myhr, Hoff, and Gilhus), and Section for Epidemiology and Medical Statistics and Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care and Medical Birth Registry of Norway, University of Bergen (Dr. Daltveit), Norway.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Julie Dahl, Department of Neurology, Haukeland University Hospital, N-5021 Bergen, Norway; e-mail: julie.dahl{at}helse-bergen.no

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.

Disclosure: The authors report no conflicts of interest.

Received June 7, 2005. Accepted in final form August 29, 2005.


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