Preliminary descriptive statistics of the Taiwanese Registry of Epilepsy and Pregnancy for the first 2 years

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-49

  Chang, Tung Yao ^a,b   Lai, Chi Wan ^c   Yu, Hsiang Yu ^d   Hsu, Jenn Jeih ^e,f   Shih, Yang Hsin ^d,g   Chen, Chih Ping ^a  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

^c Department of Pathology   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f Taiwan Society of Perinatology   (Taiwan)

^g Taiwan Epilepsy Society   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Epilepsy; EURAP; Pregnancy; Pregnancy registry; TREP

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE REGISTRY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FETUS MALFORMATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TAIWAN;

EID: 34247489247     PISSN: 10284559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1028-4559(08)60106-0     Document Type: Article

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