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 lactationPresents information in approachable tables and summaries, focusing on high yield information useful for clinical consultationIs written by a team of experts and edited by recognized leaders in the field

Autumn KleinUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, USAM. Angela ONealBrigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, USAChristina ScifresUniversity of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK, USAJanet WatersUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, USAJonathan H. WatersMagee Womens Hospital of University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre, Pittsburgh, USA

Notes on contributors, vi

Preface, ix

1 The history and examination, 1Mary A. ONeal

2 Hormonal and physiologic changes in pregnancy, 9Janet F. R. Waters

3 Neuroimaging, 15William T. Delfyett& David T. Fetzer

4 Neurologic complications in the obstetrical anesthesia patient, 70Olajide Kowe& Jonathan H. Waters

5 Headaches during pregnancy and peripartum, 80Huma Sheikh

6 Stroke in pregnancy and the puerperium, 92Louis R. Caplan& Diogo C. Haussen

7 Selecting contraception for women treated with antiepileptic drugs, 110Page B. Pennell& Anne Davis

8 Epilepsy, 122Mark S. Yerby

9 Multiple sclerosis, 142Aiden Haghikia& Kerstin Hellwig

10 Neuromuscular disorders, 153Mohammad Kian Salajegheh& Kathy Chuang

11 Anterior and posterior pituitary disease and pregnancy, 167Mark E. Molitch

12 Movement disorders and pregnancy, 179Sathiji Nageshwaran, Marsha Smith,& Yvette M. Bordelon

13 Brain tumors and pregnancy, 191Soma Sengupta& Elizabeth Gerstner

14 Neuro-ophthalmology in pregnancy, 201Linda P. Kelly, Nancy J. Newman,& Valerie Biousse

15 Neurological infections in pregnancy, 213Shibani S. Mukerji& Jennifer L. Lyons

16 Neurosurgery, 234Judith M. Wong, Anil Can,& Rose Du

17 Sleep disorders, 243Sally Ibrahim& Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer

18 Neurourology of pregnancy, 258Kimberly L. Ferrante, Victor W. Nitti,& Benjamin M. Brucker

Index, 269