Comparison of maternal and fetal outcomes, in epileptic and non-epileptic women

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 261-266

  Saleh, Ahmed M ^a,b   Abotalib, Zeinab M ^a   Al Ibrahim, Abdullah A ^a   Al Sultan, Sultan M ^a  

^a The General Directorate of Armed Forces Health Services   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; FOLIC ACID; NITROUS OXIDE PLUS OXYGEN; OXYTOCIN; PETHIDINE; PHENOBARBITAL; VALPROIC ACID; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS OUTCOME; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; OBSTETRIC HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SAUDI ARABIA; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TRAUMATIC EPILEPSY;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 40749157974     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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