Epilepsy in pregnancy and reproductive outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis

The Lancet

Volumn 386, Issue 10006, 2015, Pages 1845-1852

  Viale, Luz ^a   Allotey, John ^b   Cheong See, Fiona ^b   Arroyo Manzano, David ^c   McCorry, Dougall ^d   Bagary, Manny ^e   Mignini, Luciano ^a   Khan, Khalid S ^b,f   Zamora, Javier ^b,c,g   Thangaratinam, Shakila ^b,f  

^a Centro Rosarino de Estudios Perinatales   (Argentina)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^d QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e BIRMINGHAM AND SOLIHULL MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; CESAREAN SECTION; CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DRUG EXPOSURE; EMBASE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LABOR INDUCTION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERINATAL DEATH; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; COMPLICATION; META ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

ANTICONVULSANTS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 84947039065     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00045-8     Document Type: Article

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