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1: Mult Scler. 2005 Jun;11(3):346-8.Click here to read Links

Successful pregnancy of a patient with Balo's concentric sclerosis.

Airas L, Kurki T, Erjanti H, Marttila RJ.

Department of Neurology, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland. laura.airas@utu.fi

Balo's concentric sclerosis is a severe demyelinating disease with poor prognosis. To date, nothing is known about the effects of pregnancy on the course of Balo's disease. We describe here the first successful pregnancy of a patient with Balo's concentric sclerosis. Upon neurological worsenings during pregnancy, our patient was treated with high-dose methylprednisolone and plasma-exchange. Intravenous immunoglobulin and interferon-beta-1a were given postpartum. At the last follow-up visit 2.5 years after the delivery the patient had only minor residual symptoms.

PMID: 15957519 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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