Current Women`s Health Reviews

Author(s): Hassan A. Shehata and Sahana Gupta

DOI: 10.2174/157340411795445848

Neurological Disorders in Pregnancy

Page: [217 - 225] Pages: 9

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Abstract

This paper reviews the current concepts and outlines appropriate management of conditions such as epilepsy, headache, benign intracranial hypertension, myasthenia gravis, multiple sclerosis, Bell's palsy and cerebrovascular disorders. It also discusses briefly, labor analgesia and anaesthesia in women with neurological disorders.

Keywords: Neurological, pregnancy, epilepsy, myasthenia gravis, multiple sclerosis, benign intracranial hypertension, Bell's palsy, cerebrovascular, headache, AEDs, pulsation (IABP), Pre-eclampsia