Neurological Illness in Pregnancy – Principles and Practice

Autumn Klein University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, USA M. Angela O Neal Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, USA Christina Scifres University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK, USA Janet Waters University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, USA Jonathan H. Waters Magee Women s Hospital of University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre, Pittsburgh, USA

Notes on contributors, vi Preface, ix 1 The history and examination, 1 Mary A. O Neal 2 Hormonal and physiologic changes in pregnancy, 9 Janet F. R. Waters 3 Neuroimaging, 15 William T. Delfyett & David T. Fetzer 4 Neurologic complications in the obstetrical anesthesia patient, 70 Olajide Kowe & Jonathan H. Waters 5 Headaches during pregnancy and peripartum, 80 Huma Sheikh 6 Stroke in pregnancy and the puerperium, 92 Louis R. Caplan & Diogo C. Haussen 7 Selecting contraception for women treated with antiepileptic drugs, 110 Page B. Pennell & Anne Davis 8 Epilepsy, 122 Mark S. Yerby 9 Multiple sclerosis, 142 Aiden Haghikia & Kerstin Hellwig 10 Neuromuscular disorders, 153 Mohammad Kian Salajegheh & Kathy Chuang 11 Anterior and posterior pituitary disease and pregnancy, 167 Mark E. Molitch 12 Movement disorders and pregnancy, 179 Sathiji Nageshwaran, Marsha Smith, & Yvette M. Bordelon 13 Brain tumors and pregnancy, 191 Soma Sengupta & Elizabeth Gerstner 14 Neuro-ophthalmology in pregnancy, 201 Linda P. Kelly, Nancy J. Newman, & Val'erie Biousse 15 Neurological infections in pregnancy, 213 Shibani S. Mukerji & Jennifer L. Lyons 16 Neurosurgery, 234 Judith M. Wong, Anil Can, & Rose Du 17 Sleep disorders, 243 Sally Ibrahim & Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer 18 Neurourology of pregnancy, 258 Kimberly L. Ferrante, Victor W. Nitti, & Benjamin M. Brucker Index, 269