Neurodevelopmental retardation in a baby born to a multiple sclerosis patient being treated with fingolimod

Hamed Cheraghmakani1, Mohammad Mehdi Nasehi2, Seyed Mohammad Baghbanian1

  • 1Assistant Professor of Neurology, Neurology Department, Booalisina Hospital, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Pasdaran Boulevard, Sari, Iran.

This report is about a female child born to a multiple sclerosis mother who continued fingolimod during her first trimester of pregnancy. The child was born with normal full-term delivery but showed neurodevelopmental retardation in the following years. it is recommended that multiple sclerosis patients undergoing treatment with fingolimod use contraceptive methods for at least two months after discontinuation of the medication.

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