Women with epilepsy
Subtitle: a handbook of health and treatment issues
By: edited by Martha Morrell and Kerry L. Flynn.
Contributors: Morrell, Martha J.; Flynn, Kerry L.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
Subjects: Epilepsy -- therapy; Women's Health
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Woman with Epilepsy: Introduction / Martha J. Morrell; title: On being a woman with epilepsy / Lisa Lindahl; title: The woman with epilepsy: a historical perspective / Orrin Devinsky; title: Quality of life issues for women with epilepsy / Joyce A. Cramer; title: Epilepsy Diagnosis and Treatment:; title: The genetics of epilepsy / Melodie R. Winawer and Ruth Ottman; title: Epilepsy: epidemiology, definitions. and diagnostic procedures / Simon Shorvon and Dominic Heaney; title: Antiepileptic drugs and other treatments for epilepsy / Jacqueline A. French; title: Epilepsy in children and adolescents / Patricia Crumine; title: Non-epileptic seizures / Steven C. Schacter; title: Hormones and the Brain: Brian differences / Paula Shear and Rosemary Fama; title: Sex hormones and how they act on the brain / Philip A. Schwartzkroin; title: Epilepsy and the menstrual cycle / Patricia O. Shafer and Andrew D. Herzog; title: Menopause and epilepsy / Fariha Abbasi and Allan Krumholz; title: Health Challenges for Women with Epilepsy: Reproductive health for women with epilepsy / Martha J. Morrell; title: Sexual dysfunction in epilepsy / Martha J. Morrell; title: Bone health in women with epilepsy / Robert Marcus; title: Psychiatric complications in epilepsy / Laura Marsh; title: Family Planning, Pregnancy and Parenting: Family planning and contraceptive choice / Pamela Crawford; title: Pregnancy risks for the woman with epilepsy / Mark Yerby and Yasser Y. El-Sayed; title: Risks of birth defects in children born to mothers with epilepsy / Aline T. Derdiarian and Yasser Y. El-Sayed; title: Neurocognitive outcome in children of mothers with epilepsy / Kimford J. Meador; title: Parents with epilepsy / Mimi Callanan; title: Living Well with Epilepsy:; title: The impact of epilepsy on relationships / Patricia Gibson; title: Parenting the daughter with epilepsy / Joan Kessner Austin and Janet Austin Tooze; title: Safety issues for women with epilepsy / Jeanne Carpenter; title: Work issues / Jim Troxell; title: Appendix: the Epilepsy Foundation's Campaign for Women's Health / Elizabeth A. Borda.