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Epilepsy in women. Oestrogen and progesterone plasma levels

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Comparison is made between numbers of fits and estrogen, progesterone plasma values during the menstrual cycle of women with epilepsy. All six cycles in women with ovulation had a significant positive correlation between estrogen/progesterone ratio and scores of fits. Three periods without ovulation all showed a significant correlation to estrogen variations.

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  1. Department of Physiology, University of Umeå, S-90187, Umeå, Sweden

    T. Bäckström

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Acknowledgments. This work was supported by Gunvor och Josef Anérs stiftelse, Med. fac. University of Umeå, The Swedish Medical Research Council (Proj. No. 2148) and Karl Oskar Hansson's fund.

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Bäckström, T. Epilepsy in women. Oestrogen and progesterone plasma levels. Experientia 32, 248–249 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01937792

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