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Epilepsy and pregnancy
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Epilepsy and pregnancy. Edited by t tomson, l gram, m sillanpaa, and s i johannessen. (Pp 215; £38.00.) Published by Wrightson biomediacal publishing, Petersfield. 1997. ISBN 1 871816 36 X.
The use of antiepileptic drugs in women of childbearing age is one of the most thorny issues regularly facing neurologists. The stakes are high but there is no universally agreed approach to management. This book explores various aspects of the problem, including teratogenicity, epilepsy control in pregnancy, and the consequence of seizures …