New-onset epilepsy in pregnant women: clinical features and delivery outcomes.

Introduction: Most seizures during pregnancy occur in women who already have epilepsy. Rarely, some women may have their first seizure during pregnancy. The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical features and pregnancy outcomes in women with new-onset epilepsy during pregnancy.

The impact of maternal epilepsy on delivery and neonatal outcomes.

Purpose: Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder that may complicate reproductive health. Our aim in this study was to provide prospective ascertainment of obstetric and neonatal outcomes in women with epilepsy and investigate whether the risk of pregnancy, delivery, and neonatal complications differed between women with epilepsy and women without epilepsy.

Methods: Pregnant women with epilepsy and women without epilepsy (control group) were prospectively evaluated during the years 2013-2018.

Validation of the Azeri version of the Pediatric Epilepsy Side Effects Questionnaire.

Purpose: Long-lasting use of antiepileptic drugs in children with epilepsy negatively influences their quality of life and compliance. The purpose of this study was validation of the Azeri version of the Pediatric Epilepsy Side Effects Questionnaire (PESQ).

Methods: We collected the PESQ from caregivers of children with epilepsy.

The course of epilepsy and seizure control in pregnant women.

To investigate the course of epilepsy and seizure control during pregnancy. 105 pregnant women with epilepsy were studied prospectively during the period from 2013 to 2017. The average age at the onset of epilepsy was 17.

The prevalence of epilepsy in the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan.

Epilepsy is a devastating neurological disorder in which those afflicted can gain benefit from specific treatments based on their genetics and geographic location. Currently the prevalence of epilepsy is estimated at 0.5-3% of the world-wide population, and is increasing in developing countries.