NEUROLOGICAL ILLNESS IN PREGNANCY: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE. PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE

This book is a practical and easily readable guide for neurologists, obstetricians, and primary care doctors treating female patients with neurological illness in their reproductive years.

• Offers wide ranging coverage, including family planning and lactation
• Presents information in approachable tables and summaries, focusing on high yield information useful for clinical consultation
• Is written by a team of experts and edited by recognized leaders in the field

Authors
• Autumn Klein. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, USA
• M. Angela O’Neal. Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, USA
• Christina Scifres. University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
• Janet Waters. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, USA
• Jonathan H. Waters. Magee Women’s Hospital of University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre, Pittsburgh, USA

Table of Contents
1 The history and examination, 1
2 Hormonal and physiologic changes in pregnancy, 9
3 Neuroimaging, 15
4 Neurologic complications in the obstetrical anesthesia patient, 70
5 Headaches during pregnancy and peripartum, 80
6 Stroke in pregnancy and the puerperium, 92
7 Selecting contraception for women treated with antiepileptic drugs, 110
8 Epilepsy, 122
9 Multiple sclerosis, 142
10 Neuromuscular disorders, 153
11 Anterior and posterior pituitary disease and pregnancy, 167
12 Movement disorders and pregnancy, 179
13 Brain tumors and pregnancy, 191
14 Neuro-ophthalmology in pregnancy, 201
15 Neurological infections in pregnancy, 213
16 Neurosurgery, 234
17 Sleep disorders, 243
18 Neurourology of pregnancy, 258
Index, 269