Preconception counselling for women with epilepsy to reduce adverse pregnancy outcome

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Winterbottom, Janine B ^a   Smyth, Rebecca M D ^b   Jacoby, Ann ^b   Baker, Gus A ^c  

^a WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Lower Lane   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AUTHOR; CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COUNSELING; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DATA EXTRACTION; ECONOMICS; EPILEPSY; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVENTION STUDY; KNOWLEDGE; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCINFO; REVIEW; RISK; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERAPY EFFECT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 55049134416     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006645.pub2     Document Type: Review

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