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Symptoms of multipl...
Symptoms of multiple sclerosis in women in relation to sex steroid exposure
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- Holmqvist, Per (författare)
- Linköpings universitet,Hälsouniversitetet,Obstetrik och gynekologi
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- Wallberg, Malin (författare)
- Division of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Hammar, Mats, 1950- (författare)
- Östergötlands Läns Landsting,Linköpings universitet,Hälsouniversitetet,Obstetrik och gynekologi,Kvinnokliniken i Linköping
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- Landtblom, Anne-Marie, 1953- (författare)
- Östergötlands Läns Landsting,Linköpings universitet,Hälsouniversitetet,Neurologi,Neurologiska kliniken
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- Brynhildsen, Jan, 1962- (författare)
- Östergötlands Läns Landsting,Linköpings universitet,Hälsouniversitetet,Obstetrik och gynekologi,Kvinnokliniken i Linköping
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- Elsevier, 2006
- 2006
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Maturitas. - : Elsevier. - 0378-5122 .- 1873-4111. ; 54:2, s. 149-153
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Abstract
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- Objective: To investigate if women with multiple sclerosis (MS) experience changes in MS symptoms related to pregnancy, the postpartum period, menopause or use of oral contraception (OC) or postmenopausal hormone therapy (HT).Methods: Women with diagnosed MS were recruited from registers of all MS patients known in two counties of Sweden, respectively. Ninety-four women were recruited in Linkoping and 52 in Sundsvall. The women answered a questionnaire with categorized alternatives regarding their MS symptoms related to menstruation, pregnancy, delivery, menopause and use of OC 41 or FIT.Results: Forty percent of the women reported worsening of MS symptoms related to menopause, whereas 56% reported no change of symptoms and 5% reported decreased symptoms. More than a fourth of the women reported decreased symptoms during pregnancy, 64% reported unchanged symptoms and 10% reported increased symptoms. Every third woman reported increased symptoms after delivery, 59% reported no change and 5% reported decreased symptoms. Few women reported changes in MS symptoms in relation to use of HT or OC.Conclusion: The presented data indicate a relationship between high-oestrogen states and ameliorated symptoms whereas low-oestrogen states seem to relate to a worsening of the disease. A majority of women, however, reported no changes in MS symptoms in relation to the different oestrogen states.
Ämnesord
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Neurologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Neurology (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- Multiple sclerosis oestrogen
- immunology
- menopause
- hormone therapy
- MEDICINE
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