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International Encyclopedia of Rehabilitation

International Encyclopedia of Rehabilitation

The high prevalence of multiple sclerosis (MS) in women of fertile age poses an extra challenge in the management of this chronic neurological disease (Ghezzi and Zaffaroni 2008). The recently studied increasing incidence of MS in Europe (Koutsouraki et al. 2010), with a higher female:male ratio (Bentzen et al. 2010) reinforce the importance of updated knowledge in the subject of pregnancy in w...

International Encyclopedia of Rehabilitation

International Encyclopedia of Rehabilitation

H133A050008. The opinions contained in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of CIRRIE or the Department of Education.

International Encyclopedia of Rehabilitation

H133A050008. The opinions contained in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of CIRRIE or the Department of Education. Introduction In the name 'Chronic Fatigue Syndrome' (CFS), 'chronic' refers to the long duration of the illness; 'fatigue' indicates the presence of persistent or relapsing debilitating fatigue, and 'syndrome' is used to indicate that th...