• Neurologic clinics · Nov 1994

    Review

    Pregnancy, teratogenesis, and epilepsy.

    • M S Yerby.
    • Oregon Comprehensive Epilepsy Program, Portland.
    • Neurol Clin. 1994 Nov 1; 12 (4): 749-71.

    AbstractWomen with epilepsy who are of childbearing age need to understand what the risks of pregnancy are. These women have a 33% risk of increased seizures, a twofold increase in risk of hemorrhage, eclampsia, premature labor, and an increased need for cesarean sections. Babies born to women with epilepsy face a higher risk of miscarriage, stillbirth, prematurity, developmental delay, and major malformations. Seizure control should be obtained without clinical toxicity. Monotherapy reduces the risk of adverse outcomes.

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