Epilepsy in Women (eBook)

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, vii

Contributors, ix

1 Gender Difference in Epidemiology and Comorbidities of
Epilepsy, 1

Ettore Beghi and Massimiliano Beghi

2 The Social and Psychological Impacts of Epilepsy, 11

Sanjeev V. Thomas and Aparna Nair

3 Neurosteroid influences on neuronal excitability: The
menstrual cycle and catamenial epilepsy as dynamic models, 23

Doodipala Samba Reddy

4 Catamenial Epilepsy, 41

Erik Taubøll, Line S. Røste and Sigrid
Svalheim

5 Impact of Epilepsy and AEDs on Reproductive Health, 53

Gerhard Luef

6 Contraception and Epilepsy, 64

Anne R. Davis and Kathleen M. Morrell

7 Diagnostic Challenges with Seizures in Pregnancy, 75

Sanjeev V. Thomas

8 Seizure Control During Pregnancy, 91

Anne Sabers

9 Effect of Pregnancy on AED Kinetics, 101

Peter B. Forgacs and Page B. Pennell

10 Fetal and Maternal Risks with Seizures, 115

Vilho K. Hiilesmaa and Kari A. Teramo

11 Obstetrical Outcome and Complications of Pregnancy, 128

Ingrid Borthen and Nils Erik Gilhus

12 Mechanisms of Teratogenic Effects of AEDs, 136

Lynsey E. Bruce, Ana M. Palacios, Bogdan J. Wlodarczyk and
Richard H. Finnell

13 Major Congenital Malformations in Offspring of Women with
Epilepsy, 148

Dina Battino and Torbjörn Tomson

14 Fetal AED Syndromes, 164

Usha Kini

15 Postnatal Cognitive Development, 170

Evan R. Gedzelman and Kimford J. Meador

16 M anagement of the Postpartum Period and Lactation, 184

Autumn M. Klein

17 M anagement of Epilepsy and Pregnancy, 196

Sanjeev V. Thomas, Torbjörn Tomson and Cynthia L.
Harden

18 Perimenopause and Menopause, 200

Cynthia L. Harden

19 Bone Health, 205

Alison M. Pack

Index, 211