Saturday 27 November 2010

Pregnancy and Epilepsy

1.Epilepsy does not carry an
increased risk of miscarriage or
obstetric complications per se.
2. A single fit during pregnancy is
unlikely to impose any risk to the fetus
nor is pregnancy associated
with an increased risk of seizures.
3. Most anti-epileptic drugs are asssociated
with incresed adverse outcome
4.Main culprit is Sodium Valproate.

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