Maternal multiple sclerosis is not a risk factor for neurodevelopmental disorders in offspring.
Alessandra CartaIgnazio R ZarboChiara ScoppolaGiulia PisuttuMarta ContiMaria C MelisFederica De MartinoAntonella SerraMaria A BiancuFranca R GueriniRiccardo BazzardiStefano SotgiuPublished in: Multiple sclerosis journal - experimental, translational and clinical (2021)
For the first time, we demonstrate that maternal MS does not predispose children to higher risk for NDD. On a mechanistic view, we suggest that the intrinsic organ-specific nature of MS does not impair the mother-child cross-talk in decidua nor does it influence fetal neurodevelopment.