Prospective, case–control study on the effect of pregnancy on seizure frequency in women with epilepsy

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 79-83

  La Neve, Angela ^a   Boero, Giovanni ^b,d   Francavilla, Teresa ^a   Plantamura, Marzia ^a   De Agazio, Giusy ^a   Specchio, Luigi M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b SS Annunziata Hospital   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Case control; Epilepsy; Pregnancy; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84937696202     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: 15903478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-014-1908-0     Document Type: Article

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