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Antiepileptika und Hormone bei Frauen

Antiepileptic drugs and hormones in women

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This review summarises the literature on the relationships between seizures, antiepileptic drugs and hormones in women with epilepsy, including the influence of sexual hormones on seizure threshold, hormonal abnormalities in women with epilepsy and their etiology, and the frequency of seizures during pregnancy with various antiepileptic drugs.

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Der aktuelle Wissensstand zu den Beziehungen zwischen Epilepsie,Hormonen und Anfallsaktivität wird zusammengefasst. Behandelt wird der Einfluss der weiblichen Sexualhormone auf die Anfallsschwelle, hormonelle Störungen bei epilepsiekranken Frauen und deren Ätiologie, sowie neue Beobachtungen zur Anfallsaktivität in der Schwangerschaft in Abhängigkeit von der antiepileptischen Medikation.

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Schmitz, B. Antiepileptika und Hormone bei Frauen. Z. Epileptol. 19, 199–203 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10309-006-0212-2

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