Overview
- Provides a rational basis for treatment decisions involving antiepileptic drug use during pregnancy and in those wishing to become pregnant
- Offers an up-to-date, systematic account of the teratogenic potential of anti-seizure drugs and weighs potential fetal adverse reactions against the risks of uncontrolled maternal seizure disorders
- Describes the impact of pregnancy on the pharmacology of antiepileptic drugs
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Antiepileptic Drug Pharmacokinetics in Pregnancy
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Antiepileptic Drug Use and Pregnancy
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Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Frank JE Vajda was trained in Melbourne and London.  He is Past President of the Epilepsy Society of Australia, Founder of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Clinical Neuropharmacology,Founder and Director of the AustralianPregnancy Register, Member of the Central Project Commission of EURAP and Professorial Fellow, Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne. Previously, he was Professor of Clinical Neuropharmacology at Monash University.
Mervyn Eadie is currently Emeritus Professor of Clinical Neurology and Neuropharmacology in the University of Queensland and Honorary Consultant Neurologist to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital. He was formerly Chairman of the Australian Drug Evaluation Committee. His main research interests in recent years have been in the clinical pharmacology of drugs used for treating neurological disease and in the histories of epilepsy and migraine.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Antiepileptic Drugs and Pregnancy
Book Subtitle: A Guide for Prescribers
Authors: MJ Eadie, FJE Vajda
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21434-4
Publisher: Adis Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-21433-7Published: 11 September 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36420-9Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-21434-4Published: 27 August 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 232
Topics: General Practice / Family Medicine, Obstetrics/Perinatology/Midwifery, Maternal and Child Health, Neurology