Pregnancy and Delivery in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis or Neuromyelitis Optica

Kim, Woojun

J Mult Scler > Volume 4(1); 2013 > Article

Review Article

Journal of Multiple Sclerosis 2013;4(1):1-6.
Published online March 1, 2013.

다발성경화증 및 시신경척수염 환자에서의 임신과 출산

김우준

가톨릭대학교 의과대학 신경과학교실

Pregnancy and Delivery in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis or Neuromyelitis Optica

Woojun Kim

Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

"Multiple sclerosis (MS) and neuromyelitis optica (NMO) often affect women of childbearing age. This review addresses questions that often arise in this patient group during pregnancy including the effectsof pregnancy on relapse rates and long-term disease course, advice on the use of disease-modifying treatments of MS and NMO during pregnancy, the management of relapses in pregnancyand postpartum, and current advice on breast feeding.Journal of Multiple Sclerosis 4(1):1-6, 2013"

Key Words: Multiple sclerosis, Neuromyelitis optica, Pregnancy, Delivery, Treatment, Relapse