Polycystic ovary syndrome and epilepsy - A gynaecological perspective

Seizure

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 397-402

  Polson, David W ^a  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti epileptic drugs; Endocrine disorders; Epilepsy; Polycystic ovary syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; GONADORELIN; LITHIUM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG MECHANISM; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GYNECOLOGY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPERANDROGENISM; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; OBESITY; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0041854538     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(03)00066-9     Document Type: Article

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