Management issues for women with epilepsy - Focus on pregnancy (an evidence-based review): III. Vitamin K, folic acid, blood levels, and breast-feeding: Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee and Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society

Epilepsia

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1247-1255

  Harden, Cynthia L ^a,b   Pennell, Page B ^c   Koppel, Barbara S ^d   Hovinga, Collin A ^e   Gidal, Barry ^f   Meador, Kimford J ^c   Hopp, Jennifer ^g   Ting, Tricia Y ^g   Hauser, W A ^h   Thurman, David ⁱ   Kaplan, Peter W ^j   Robinson, Julian N ^k   French, Jacqueline A ^l   Wiebe, Samuel ^m   Wilner, Andrew N ⁿ   Vazquez, Blanca ^l   Holmes, Lewis ^k   Krumholz, Allan ^g   Finnell, Richard ^o   Shafer, Patricia O ^p   Le Guen, Claire L ^q   more..

^a AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^h Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

ⁱ CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^j JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^l NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

ⁿ Private Practice   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^p BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Epilepsy; Folic acid; Guideline; Pregnancy; Vitamin K

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; DRUG METABOLITE; ETHOSUXIMIDE; ETIRACETAM; FOLIC ACID; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; MONOHYDROXY DERIVATIVE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST FEEDING; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG PENETRATION; EPILEPSY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEWBORN HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; ANTICONVULSANTS; BREAST FEEDING; EPILEPSY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MATERNAL-FETAL RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN K; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 65549095120     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02130.x     Document Type: Article

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