Multiple Sclerosis and Pregnancy: Current Considerations
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Multiple Sclerosis and Pregnancy: Current Considerations
Multiple sclerosis is the most common neurological disease of young adults that causes major disability. In Romania, it is estimated that this disease has a prevalence of 35-40 per 100,000 inhabitants. It is a disease that begins at the age of 20-40 years and is 2-3 times more common in women than in men. More than half of patients with MS develop the disease in their fertile period of life; th...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Scientific World Journal
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2356-6140,1537-744X
DOI: 10.1155/2014/513160