Women living with epilepsy, experiences of pregnancy and reproductive health: A review of the literature

Annalise Weckesser; Elaine Denny

doi:10.1016/j.seizure.2012.11.001

Women living with epilepsy, experiences of pregnancy and reproductive health: A review of the literature

Annalise Weckesser^*, Elaine Denny

^*Corresponding author for this work

Birmingham City University

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	91-98
Number of pages	8
Journal	Seizure
Volume	22
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seizure.2012.11.001
Publication status	Published (VoR) - Mar 2013

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This review was carried out as part of the qualitative component of the EMPiRE Study (Anti-Epileptic Drug Monitoring in Pregnancy: An Evaluation of Effectiveness, Cost-Effectiveness and Acceptability of Monitoring Strategies), a randomised controlled trial funded by the National Institute of Health Research Health Technology Assessment Programme . We are grateful to Rachel Rikunenko, EMPiRE Trial Co-ordinator, for her assistance with summarising some of the reviewed articles. Other members of the EMPiRE team include: Khalid S. Khan (Chief Investigator), Shakila Thangaratinam, Dougall McCorry, Alex Pirie, Lynette Greenhill, Manny Bagary, Sally Kerry, Khaled M.K. Ismail, Elizabeth Quinlan-Jones, Emily Denness.

Keywords

Chronic illness
Epilepsy
Experience
Pregnancy
Qualitative research

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