Obstetric risks for women with epilepsy during pregnancy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 283-291

  Kaplan, Peter W ^a   Norwitz, Errol R ^b   Ben Menachem, Elinor ^c   Pennell, Page B ^d   Druzin, Maurice ^e   Robinson, Julian N ^f   Gordon, Jacki C ^g  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g Epilepsy Therapy Development Project   (United States)

Author keywords

Abruptio; Antiepileptic drugs; Eclampsia; Epilepsy; Imaging; Neurosteroids; Nutrition; Outcome; Pregnancy; Seizures; Small for dates; Stillbirth; Ultrasound; Women

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 5ALPHA PREGNANE 3,20 DIONE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; COCAINE; CORTICOSTEROID; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; FOLIC ACID; IRON; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; NARCOTIC AGENT; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PHYTOESTROGEN; PREGNANEDIONE; PROGESTERONE; UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; VITAMIN;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG METABOLISM; ECLAMPSIA; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PROTEIN INTAKE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ANTICONVULSANTS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SEIZURES; TERATOGENS;

EID: 35748952178     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2007.08.012     Document Type: Article

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