Pregnant women with epilepsy in a developing country

Open Neurology Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-67

  Kochen, Silvia ^a,b   Salera, Constanza ^a   Seni, Josef ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMOS MEJÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

AEDs; Developing countries; Epilepsy; Family planning; Gender; Pregnancy; Women

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; FOLIC ACID; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPILEPSY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOTHERAPY; PERINATAL DEATH; POLYPHARMACY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SUPPLEMENTATION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 80455131008     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1874205X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874205X01105010063     Document Type: Article

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