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THE PRACTICALITIES OF MANAGING SEIZURES IN PREGNANCY: A REVIEW

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2004

ANNE-MARIE CÔTÉ ,
LUCIE OPATRNY ,
ROBERT D KEYES ,
IRENA NULMAN  and
LAURA A MAGEE
ANNE-MARIE CÔTÉ
Affiliation:
Department of Specialized Women's Health, BC Women's Hospital and Health Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
LUCIE OPATRNY
Affiliation:
Department of Specialized Women's Health, BC Women's Hospital and Health Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Sir Mortimer B Davis Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
ROBERT D KEYES
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
IRENA NULMAN
Affiliation:
The Motherisk Program, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
LAURA A MAGEE
Affiliation:
Department of Specialized Women's Health, BC Women's Hospital and Health Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada The Motherisk Program, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
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In the United States alone, more than one million women of childbearing age suffer from epilepsy. New cases are diagnosed at a rate of 20–30 per 100,000 young women per year. Therefore, it is not surprising that epilepsy is the most common neurological disorder among pregnant women, complicating between 3 and 6 of every 1000 pregnancies.

Type
Research Article
Information
Fetal and Maternal Medicine Review , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , May 2004 , pp. 181 - 204
Copyright
© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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