Chapter 7 Reproductive Dysfunction in Women with Epilepsy. Menstrual Cycle Abnormalities, Fertility, and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 83, Issue , 2008, Pages 135-155

  Bauer, Jürgen ^a   Cooper Mahkorn, Déirdre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; REVIEW;

EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME;

EID: 53049090346     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7742(08)00007-X     Document Type: Review

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