Women with epilepsy : a practical management handbook /

There are unique challenges to the care of women with epilepsy, including the gender-specific influences that women may experience owing to their age, hormonal status, and co-morbidities. Pregnancy is also a very important time for many women with epilepsy. This textbook is a portable, essential gui...

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Other Authors: Bui, Esther (Editor), Klein, Autumn (Editor)
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Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
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505 0 |a Epidemiology of women with epilepsy / Kristi A. McIntosh and Nathalie Jette -- Psychiatric comorbidities of epilepsy in women / Sherese Ali -- Sleep-related comorbidities in women with epilepsy / Carin Dove and Brian J. Murray -- Hormonal influences in women with epilepsy / Alberto Verrotti, Marianna Sebastiani, Alessandra Scaparrotta, and Carla Verrotti -- Antiepileptic drugs and hormones / Pavel Klein and Jaromir Janousek -- Genetic causes of epilepsies in women / Danielle Molinari Andrade -- Epilepsy in girls during childhood and adolescence / Cristina Y. Go and O. Carter Snead III -- Catamenial epilepsy / Sima Indubhai Patel and Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer -- Fertility in women with epilepsy / Mark Quigg -- Selecting contraception for women with epilepsy / Page B. Pennell and Anne Davis -- Preconception counseling for women with epilepsy / Elizabeth E. Gerard -- Teratogenicity and antiepileptic drugs / Georgia Montouris -- Seizure management in pregnancy / A. Gabriela Lizama and Pamela Crawford -- Obstetric and fetal monitoring in women with epilepsy / Dini Hui and Ori Nevo -- Pregnancy and epilepsy: neuroimaging / Kalliopi A. Petropoulou -- Obstetrical anesthesia and the pregnant epileptic patient / Fatima Zahir and Jonathan H. Waters -- Seizure management in the postpartum period / Elinor Ben-Menachem -- Breastfeeding and use of antiepileptics / Weerawadee Chandranipapongse and Shinya Ito -- Post-partum safety issues for women with epilepsy / Diane T. Sundstrom and Patricia Osborne Shafer -- Management of the neonate: clinical examination and surveillance / Eugene Ng -- Menopause and HRT in women with epilepsy / Cynthia L. Harden -- Bone health in adolescent girls and postmenopausal women with epilepsy / Alison M. Pack. 
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