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Menstrual epilepsy

MedGen UID:
581538
•Concept ID:
C0393718
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Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: Catamenial epilepsy
SNOMED CT: Menstrual epilepsy (230444006); Catamenial epilepsy (230444006)

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Treatment of Women With Epilepsy.
Sazgar M
Continuum (Minneap Minn) 2019 Apr;25(2):408-430. doi: 10.1212/CON.0000000000000713. PMID: 30921016
Management of contraceptives and menstrual complaints in patients with Down syndrome.
Wandresen G, Sgarbi F, Nisihara R
Gynecol Endocrinol 2019 Feb;35(2):103-108. Epub 2018 Oct 16 doi: 10.1080/09513590.2018.1501017. PMID: 30324830
Update on management of epilepsy in women for the non-neurologist.
Gooneratne IK, Wimalaratna S
Postgrad Med J 2016 Sep;92(1091):554-9. Epub 2016 Jul 13 doi: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2016-134191. PMID: 27412920

Recent clinical studies

Therapy

Treatment of menstrual epilepsy with a progesterone-only oral contraceptive.
Hall SM
Epilepsia 1977 Jun;18(2):235-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1977.tb04471.x. PMID: 872826

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