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Epilepsy requires careful management and monitoring through a woman s life Epilepsy is a complex disease. The hormonal changes women experience, both day-to-day menstrual fluctuations and the longer waxes and wanings of a reproductive lifetime, make the management of epilepsy even more complicated. At some point, the well-being of a second person, a fetus, might also have to be taken into account. Epilepsy in Women provides a detailed guide to this challenge. The wide-ranging approach encompasses all aspects of a woman s life including: Social and psychological impacts The impact in reproductive life Contraception Pregnancy Fetal health and long term developmental outcomes Lactation Menopause Each practical chapter begins and ends with a case study that demonstrates the more general challenge. The authors develop themes to provide clinical guidance based on evidence and experience. Written and edited by an international cast of experts, Epilepsy in Women provides crucial tips and recommendations for neurologists and gynecologists who need to be aware of the subtle effects of epilepsy on woman s life.
Epilepsy requires careful management and monitoring through awoman's lifeEpilepsy is a complex disease. The hormonal changes womenexperience, both day-to-day menstrual fluctuations and the longerwaxes and wanings of a reproductive lifetime, make the managementof epilepsy even more complicated. At some point, the well-being ofa second person, a fetus, might also have to be taken intoaccount.Epilepsy in Women provides a detailed guide to this challenge.The wide-ranging approach encompasses all aspects of awoman's life including:* Social and psychological impacts* The impact in reproductive life* Contraception* Pregnancy* Fetal health and long term developmental outcomes* Lactation* MenopauseEach practical chapter begins and ends with a case study thatdemonstrates the more general challenge. The authors develop themesto provide clinical guidance based on evidence andexperience.Written and edited by an international cast of experts, Epilepsyin Women provides crucial tips and recommendations forneurologists and gynecologists who need to be aware of the subtleeffects of epilepsy on woman's life.
Preface, viiContributors, ix1 Gender Difference in Epidemiology and Comorbidities ofEpilepsy, 1Ettore Beghi and Massimiliano Beghi2 The Social and Psychological Impacts of Epilepsy, 11Sanjeev V. Thomas and Aparna Nair3 Neurosteroid influences on neuronal excitability: Themenstrual cycle and catamenial epilepsy as dynamic models, 23Doodipala Samba Reddy4 Catamenial Epilepsy, 41Erik Taubøll, Line S. Røste and SigridSvalheim5 Impact of Epilepsy and AEDs on Reproductive Health, 53Gerhard Luef6 Contraception and Epilepsy, 64Anne R. Davis and Kathleen M. Morrell7 Diagnostic Challenges with Seizures in Pregnancy, 75Sanjeev V. Thomas8 Seizure Control During Pregnancy, 91Anne Sabers9 Effect of Pregnancy on AED Kinetics, 101Peter B. Forgacs and Page B. Pennell10 Fetal and Maternal Risks with Seizures, 115Vilho K. Hiilesmaa and Kari A. Teramo11 Obstetrical Outcome and Complications of Pregnancy, 128Ingrid Borthen and Nils Erik Gilhus12 Mechanisms of Teratogenic Effects of AEDs, 136Lynsey E. Bruce, Ana M. Palacios, Bogdan J. Wlodarczyk andRichard H. Finnell13 Major Congenital Malformations in Offspring of Women withEpilepsy, 148Dina Battino and Torbjörn Tomson14 Fetal AED Syndromes, 164Usha Kini15 Postnatal Cognitive Development, 170Evan R. Gedzelman and Kimford J. Meador16 M anagement of the Postpartum Period and Lactation, 184Autumn M. Klein17 M anagement of Epilepsy and Pregnancy, 196Sanjeev V. Thomas, Torbjörn Tomson and Cynthia L.Harden18 Perimenopause and Menopause, 200Cynthia L. Harden19 Bone Health, 205Alison M. PackIndex, 211