| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 297 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The Woman with Epilepsy: Introduction / Martha J. Morrell -- On being a woman with epilepsy / Lisa Lindahl -- The woman with epilepsy: a historical perspective / Orrin Devinsky -- Quality of life issues for women with epilepsy / Joyce A. Cramer -- Epilepsy Diagnosis and Treatment: -- The genetics of epilepsy / Melodie R. Winawer and Ruth Ottman -- Epilepsy: epidemiology, definitions. and diagnostic procedures / Simon Shorvon and Dominic Heaney -- Antiepileptic drugs and other treatments for epilepsy / Jacqueline A. French -- Epilepsy in children and adolescents / Patricia Crumine -- Non-epileptic seizures / Steven C. Schacter -- Hormones and the Brain: Brian differences / Paula Shear and Rosemary Fama -- Sex hormones and how they act on the brain / Philip A. Schwartzkroin -- Epilepsy and the menstrual cycle / Patricia O. Shafer and Andrew D. Herzog -- Menopause and epilepsy / Fariha Abbasi and Allan Krumholz. |
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Health Challenges for Women with Epilepsy: Reproductive health for women with epilepsy / Martha J. Morrell -- Sexual dysfunction in epilepsy / Martha J. Morrell -- Bone health in women with epilepsy / Robert Marcus -- Psychiatric complications in epilepsy / Laura Marsh -- Family Planning, Pregnancy and Parenting: Family planning and contraceptive choice / Pamela Crawford -- Pregnancy risks for the woman with epilepsy / Mark Yerby and Yasser Y. El-Sayed -- Risks of birth defects in children born to mothers with epilepsy / Aline T. Derdiarian and Yasser Y. El-Sayed -- Neurocognitive outcome in children of mothers with epilepsy / Kimford J. Meador -- Parents with epilepsy / Mimi Callanan -- Living Well with Epilepsy: -- The impact of epilepsy on relationships / Patricia Gibson -- Parenting the daughter with epilepsy / Joan Kessner Austin and Janet Austin Tooze -- Safety issues for women with epilepsy / Jeanne Carpenter -- Work issues / Jim Troxell -- Appendix: the Epilepsy Foundation's Campaign for Women's Health / Elizabeth A. Borda. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
In this handbook for sufferers, their clinicians, families and friends, Martha Morrell assembles a team of experts to review the special problems faced by women with epilepsy. In many ways epilepsy is a different disease in women than in men, given the biological and gender differences between the two. Epilepsy treatments affect fertility, and can cause pregnancy complications and birth defects, but most of the available drugs have been tested on men. Moreover, hormone effects on seizures are of particular concern to women at puberty, at menopause, and over the menstrual cycle. Many health-care providers are not informed about the unique issues facing women with epilepsy. This book, published in association with the Epilepsy Foundation of America, fills that gap and provides women with epilepsy with the information they need to be effective self-advocates. |
| Subject |
Epilepsy -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Women -- Diseases -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Epilepsy -- therapy.
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Women's Health.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Neuropsychology.
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Epilepsy. (OCoLC)fst00914183
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Women -- Diseases.
(OCoLC)fst01176639
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals. (OCoLC)fst01423877
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Morrell, Martha J.
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Flynn, Kerry L.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Women with epilepsy. New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2003 0521652243 9780521652247 (DLC) 2001052571 (OCoLC)48177206 |
| ISBN |
9780511338267 (electronic bk.) |
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0511338260 (electronic bk.) |
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9780511545030 (electronic bk.) |
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0511545037 (electronic bk.) |
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