Pregnancy and epilepsy--when you're managing both.
When a patient with epilepsy is pregnant or planning for pregnancy, you face the challenge of balancing the benefits and teratogenic risks of her antiseizure medication. Here's help.
Department of Neurology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center, 525 East 68th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA. sethinitinmd@hotmail.com
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