CLINICAL AND EEG PREDICTORS OF INCREASED FREQUENCY OF GENERALIZED SEIZURES IN GESTATIONAL AND POSTGRAVIDARUM PERIOD
https://doi.org/10.20538/1682-0363-2013-5-24-30
Abstract
We investigated the predictors of increased seizures’ frequency among women with various forms of idiopathic generalized epilepsies (IGE) in the gestational and postgravid period. We observed 41 patients with Idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE) before, during and after pregnancy. During the period of observation EEG was recorded in the states of relaxed and active awakeness and sleeping. Patients, who have stopped to take anticonvulsants before pregnancy, have had increased frequency of seizures, more than1 ina year, with interictal epileptiform discharges in a state of relaxed and active awakeness. Increased seizures after pregnancy was observed in patients with interictal epileptiform discharges during sleep. The results can be used during the preparation of pregravid women with IGE.
About the Authors
O. V. Grebenyuk
Siberian State Medical University, Tomsk
Russian Federation
Grebenyuk Oleg V.
Russian Federation
Grebenyuk Oleg V.
M. V. Svetlik
Siberian State Medical University, Tomsk
Russian Federation
Svetlik Mikhail V.
Russian Federation
Svetlik Mikhail V.
V. M. Alifiriva
Siberian State Medical University, Tomsk
Russian Federation
Alifiriva Valentina M.
Russian Federation
Alifiriva Valentina M.
I. D. Yevtushenko
Siberian State Medical University, Tomsk
Russian Federation
Yuvtushenko Irina D.
Russian Federation
Yuvtushenko Irina D.
Yu. A. Bochkov
Tomsk Regional Perinatal Center
Russian Federation
Bochkov Yury A.
Russian Federation
Bochkov Yury A.
I. A. Stepanov
Tomsk Regional Perinatal Center
Russian Federation
Stepanov Igor A.
Russian Federation
Stepanov Igor A.
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Grebenyuk O.V., Svetlik M.V., Alifiriva V.M., Yevtushenko I.D., Bochkov Yu.A., Stepanov I.A. CLINICAL AND EEG PREDICTORS OF INCREASED FREQUENCY OF GENERALIZED SEIZURES IN GESTATIONAL AND POSTGRAVIDARUM PERIOD. Bulletin of Siberian Medicine. 2013;12(5):24-30. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.20538/1682-0363-2013-5-24-30
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