ISSN Print 2500–1094
ISSN Online 2542–1204
BIOMEDICAL JOURNAL OF PIROGOV UNIVERSITY (MOSCOW, RUSSIA)
REVIEW
Patients with Epilepsy in Obstetric Practice: Present State of the Question, Problems and Ways of Their Solution: a Literature Review
About authors
1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical Faculty,
Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
2 Medical College No. 30, Moscow, Russia
Correspondence should be addressed: Leyla Kheidar
Leninskiy prospekt, d. 8, Moscow, Russia, 117049; ur.ketiv@vs_volgehz
Received: 2014-10-07
Accepted: 2014-11-10
Published online: 2017-01-05
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The article shows the need for joint management of a pregnant woman suffering from the epilepsy by doctors of an obstetric-gynecologic profile and neurologists. It is emphasized the importance of prevention of fetal malformations, rational therapy of epilepsy during pregnancy and teratogenic hazard of antiepileptic drugs.
Keywords: pregnancy, epilepsy, antiepileptic drugs