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Multiple Sclerosis Journal | 2016
Yuko Shimizu; Kazuo Fujihara; Takashi Ohashi; Ichiro Nakashima; Kazumasa Yokoyama; Ryotaro Ikeguch; Toshiyuki Takahashi; Tatsuro Misu; Satoru Shimizu; Masashi Aoki; Kazuo Kitagawa
Background: Few reports describe the influence pregnancy has on the annualized relapse rate (ARR) in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD). Objective: To examine pregnancy-related attacks (attacks during pregnancy or within 1 year postpartum) and identify the risk factors for an attack in Japanese NMOSD patients. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 139 Japanese women whom had aquaporin-4 (AQP4) antibody-positive NMOSD. Among the 114 patients with information, 47 women had 56 pregnancies. We compared the ARR before, during and after pregnancy. Results: Of the 47 NMOSD patients with pregnancy, 22 women (46.8%) had a pregnancy-related attack of the disease (either an onset event or a relapse). The ARR was significantly higher in the first 3 months postpartum (1.80 ± 2.04), than before the pregnancy (0.57 ± 1.16; p = 0.0043) and did not significantly decrease during pregnancy. The ARR before hospitalization and treatment was analyzable in 55 patients without pregnancy and was 1.09 ± 1.17. Among the 11 patients with onset before pregnancy, nine patients had a pregnancy-related attack with a relapse in the previous year, and their immunosuppression was discontinued or made to be at low doses; while the two patients on higher-dose therapies were relapse-free. Conclusion: In the present study, pregnancy-related attack was common in NMOSD, and unlike in multiple sclerosis, the ARR was not reduced during pregnancy. Discontinued or insufficient immunosuppression appeared to increase the risk of pregnancy-related attack.
Archive | 2001
Masashi Aoki; Tsuyoshi Mizubata; Satoru Shimizu
Archive | 2009
Zen Kayaba; Satoru Shimizu
Archive | 2008
Tsuyoshi Mizubata; Tomohiko Kiryu; Mikihiro Yamakawa; Tsutomu Anezaki; Satoru Shimizu; Masato Niizuma; Ryohei Sunayama
Archive | 2011
Tsuyoshi Mizubata; Hisao Hosoya; Satoru Shimizu; Zen Kayaba
Archive | 2004
Masashi Aoki; Tsuyoshi Mizubata; Kiyoshi Hata; Satoru Shimizu
Archive | 2008
Satoru Shimizu; Tsuyoshi Mizubata; Tomohiko Kiryu; Mikihiro Yamakawa; Tsutomu Anezaki; Masato Hizuma; Ryohei Sunayama
Archive | 2007
Satoru Shimizu; Tsuyoshi Mizubata; Tomohiko Kiryu
Archive | 2004
Kiyoshi Hata; Tsuyoshi Mizubata; Masashi Aoki; Satoru Shimizu
Archive | 2005
Tsuyoshi Mizubata; Hisao Hosoya; Satoru Shimizu; Tsuyoshi Shiokawa