Associate Professor Vilija Jokubaitis discusses family planning, pregnancy and fertility in women with multiple sclerosis, covering important topics including medication considerations during pregnancy, genetics and fertility in men and women.
Associate Professor Vilija Jokubaitis is a senior research fellow, associate professor and group leader at Monash University and her research has a particular focus on MS genetics, environment, and women’s health and pregnancy research. Associate Professor Jokubaitis leads an international Women's Health, Pregnancy and neonatal outcomes registry integrated in MSBase, with a focus on biological mechanisms underlying pregnancy impacts on disease states.
Published September 2023
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