Variation of seizure frequency with ovulatory status of menstrual cycles

Epilepsia

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1843-1848

  Herzog, Andrew G ^a   Fowler, Kristen M ^a   Sperling, Michael R ^b   Liporace, Joyce D ^b   Kalayjian, Laura A ^c   Heck, Christianne N ^c   Krauss, Gregory L ^d   Dworetzky, Barbara A ^e   Pennell, Page B ^e  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anovulation; Epilepsy; Hormones; Menstrual cycle; Reproductive

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; AVERAGE DAILY SEIZURE FREQUENCY; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; SEIZURE; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANOVULATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVULATION; PROGESTERONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES;

EID: 80053570688     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03194.x     Document Type: Article

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