Isbn: 9781871816365 - epilepsy and pregnancy (3 resultados)

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Condición: Gut. 1. 1. Auflage 24 x 16 cm XII, 215 Seiten, mit Abbildungen Hardcover. Pappband in gutem Zustand. Leichte Lagerspuren. Innen sehr sauberer, sehr guter Zustand. Widmung von Hand auf der Vorsatzseite. DX-H18|12244BB Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 600.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. 1st Edition. Text in English. 209 pp. To form a family and have children is a fundamental aspect of normal life, but for the woman with epilepsy pregnancy is especially complicated, potentially threatening her own and her developing fetus' health The threats to the fetus include the seizures themselves, antiepileptic drugs, many of which are highly teratogenic causing malformations and developmental abnormalities, and the risk of inheriting parental epilepsy. In the woman, even with previously well-controlled epilepsy, there is an increased risk of obstetric complications, and physiological changes during pregnancy, labour and delivery can increase seizure frequency. Epilepsy and Pregnancy deals comprehensively with these and related issues, such as prenatal screening and diagnosis of abnormalities, prepregnancy counselling, effects o f vitamin supplementation, antiepileptic therapy and breast feeding, the teratogenic potential of recently developed drugs, and genetic analysis of the aetiologies and mechanisms of epilepsy. The authors discuss the latest findings from research and offer practical advice for the clinical management of these patients for whom a delicate balance must be weighed between the need to control seizures in the mother against the potential risks to the developing child.…