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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2014.
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Table of Contents:
- 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.
