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Reproductive Dysfunction in Epileptic Females

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Last updated: 13 Jan 2025

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Neuropsychiatric diseases.
Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Abstract

Background: Epilepsy is one of the most serious neurological disorders characterized by recurrent fits and has a lot of comorbidities. Epileptic females have reproductive dysfunctions due to epilepsy itself and use of antiepileptic drugs AED).
Objectives: to early detection and treatment of reproductive complications in epileptic female.
Patients and methods: This is a cross-sectional study, was done on 40 epileptic female patients at neurology department outpatient clinic Qena University Hospital.
Results: Forty epileptic women in reproductive age were included in the study, the mean age was 27.05±5.354 years with mean age of menarche 13 ±1.641 years. Mean age of onset of fits was 20±5.914 years. 25% of women have a reproductive problem in form of PCOS and 37.5% have an irregular menstrual cycle.
Conclusion: Epilepsy and antiepileptic drugs may affect reproductive functions in epileptic females

DOI

10.21608/svuijm.2023.192251.1518

Keywords

Antiepileptic drugs, Epileptic Females, Reproductive Dysfunctions

Authors

First Name

Tarek

Last Name

Desoky

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Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt.

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tarekdesoky@rocketmail.com

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First Name

Yassmine Mohammed

Last Name

Ahmed

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Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt.

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yassminemohamed011@gmail.com

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Aswan

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First Name

Mahmod Sliman

Last Name

Iwus

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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt.

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First Name

Mohamed Moslem

Last Name

Hefny

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Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt.

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First Name

Ahmed Fathi

Last Name

Zaki

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Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt.

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Volume

7

Article Issue

2

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47977

Issue Date

2024-07-01

Receive Date

2023-02-06

Publish Date

2024-07-01

Page Start

1,083

Page End

1,088

Print ISSN

2735-427X

Online ISSN

2636-3402

Article File

SVUIJM_Volume 7_Issue 2_Pages 1083-1088.pdf

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1,520

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Publication Title

SVU-International Journal of Medical Sciences

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https://svuijm.journals.ekb.eg/

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Reproductive Dysfunction in Epileptic Females

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13 Jan 2025