Evaluating the concerns of pregnant women with epilepsy: A focus group approach

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 246-248

  McAuley, James W ^a   Patankar, Chetana ^a   Lang, Christopher ^b   Prasad, Mona ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drug; Education; Epilepsy; Focus group; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELIVERY; DISEASE DURATION; DRIVING ABILITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LABOR; MATERNAL CARE; MONOTHERAPY; MOTOR VEHICLE; MULTIPARA; NULLIPARA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRESCRIPTION; SELF REPORT; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMEN;

EID: 84861348177     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.03.014     Document Type: Article

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