Practice parameter update: management issues for women with epilepsy--focus on pregnancy (an evidence-based review): obstetrical complications and change in seizure frequency: report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee and Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and American Epilepsy Society.

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Neurology 2009 Jul 14 73 2 126-32

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Authors

Krumholz A, French JA, Hauser WA, Harden CL, Holmes L, Le Guen C, Meador KJ, Ting TY, Wiebe S, Finnell R, Koppel BS, Robinson JN, Kaplan PW, Gronseth GS, Vazquez B, Hopp J, Thurman D, Pennell PB, Gidal B, Wilner AN, Hovinga CA

Affiliation

University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.

Abstract

To reassess the evidence for management issues related to the care of women with epilepsy (WWE) during pregnancy, including the risk of pregnancy complications or other medical problems during pregnancy in WWE compared to other women, change in seizure frequency, the risk of status epilepticus, and the rate of remaining seizure-free during pregnancy.

PMID
19398682

Publication types

Review; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Practice Guideline