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Women with epilepsy : a practical management handbook / edited by Esther Bui, MD, FRCPC, Staff Neurologist and Lecturer, Division of Neurology and division of Obsterical Medicine, Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, University of Toronto, ON, Canada, Autumn Klein, MD, PhD, Formerly of the Department of Neurology, UPMC, Presbyterian/Magee Women's Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. - xi, 282 pages ; 24 cm. - Cambridge medicine . - Cambridge medicine. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Epidemiology of women with epilepsy / Kristi A. McIntosh and Nathalie Jette -- Psychiatric comorbidities of epilepsy in women / Sherese Ali -- Sleep-related comorbidities in women with epilepsy / Carin Dove and Brian J. Murray -- Hormonal influences in women with epilepsy / Alberto Verrotti, Marianna Sebastiani, Alessandra Scaparrotta, and Carla Verrotti -- Antiepileptic drugs and hormones / Pavel Klein and Jaromir Janousek -- Genetic causes of epilepsies in women / Danielle Molinari Andrade -- Epilepsy in girls during childhood and adolescence / Cristina Y. Go and O. Carter Snead III -- Catamenial epilepsy / Sima Indubhai Patel and Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer -- Fertility in women with epilepsy / Mark Quigg -- Selecting contraception for women with epilepsy / Page B. Pennell and Anne Davis -- Preconception counseling for women with epilepsy / Elizabeth E. Gerard -- Teratogenicity and antiepileptic drugs / Georgia Montouris -- Seizure management in pregnancy / A. Gabriela Lizama and Pamela Crawford -- Obstetric and fetal monitoring in women with epilepsy / Dini Hui and Ori Nevo -- Pregnancy and epilepsy: neuroimaging / Kalliopi A. Petropoulou -- Obstetrical anesthesia and the pregnant epileptic patient / Fatima Zahir and Jonathan H. Waters -- Seizure management in the postpartum period / Elinor Ben-Menachem -- Breastfeeding and use of antiepileptics / Weerawadee Chandranipapongse and Shinya Ito -- Post-partum safety issues for women with epilepsy / Diane T. Sundstrom and Patricia Osborne Shafer -- Management of the neonate: clinical examination and surveillance / Eugene Ng -- Menopause and HRT in women with epilepsy / Cynthia L. Harden -- Bone health in adolescent girls and postmenopausal women with epilepsy / Alison M. Pack.

ISBN: 9781107659889 1107659884

LCCN: 2013041804

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 101618417 DNLM

Subjects--Personal Names:

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Epilepsy.
Women--Diseases.
Epilepsy.
Women's Health.
Epilepsy.
Women--Diseases.

LC Class. No.: RC372.3 / .W66 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 616.85/30082

National Library of Medicine Call No.: 2014 M-599 WL 385