Seizure control in successive pregnancies in Australian women with epilepsy.

Frank J E VajdaTerence J O'BrienJanet E GrahamAlison A HitchcockPiero PeruccaCecilie M LanderMervyn J Eadie

Published in: Acta neurologica Scandinavica (2022)

Altered ASM therapy after the first of a pair of successive pregnancies did not fully account for the better overall seizure control in the corresponding second pregnancies. Some additional factor may have been in operation, possibly a greater preparedness to undertake a further pregnancy if seizures were already fully controlled.

Keyphrases

preterm birth
pregnancy outcomes
temporal lobe epilepsy
gestational age
public health
pregnant women
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