Epilepsy in Women

Cynthia L. Harden, MD, Chief of the Comprehensive Epilepsy Care Institute, North Shore LIJ Health System and Professor of Neurology, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, USA.Sanjeev V Thomas, MD, Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum 695 011, India and Fulbright Visiting Professor, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA.Torbjörn Tomson, MD, Professor of Neurology, especially epileptology, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, and consultant/senior physician at Department of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden.

• Preface, viiContributors, ix1 Gender Difference in Epidemiology and Comorbidities of Epilepsy, 1Ettore Beghi and Massimiliano Beghi2 The Social and Psychological Impacts of Epilepsy, 11Sanjeev V. Thomas and Aparna Nair3 Neurosteroid influences on neuronal excitability: The menstrual cycle and catamenial epilepsy as dynamic models, 23Doodipala Samba Reddy4 Catamenial Epilepsy, 41Erik Taubøll, Line S. Røste and Sigrid Svalheim5 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 and Richard H. Finnell13 Major Congenital Malformations in Offspring of Women with Epilepsy, 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

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