Evaluation and management of abnormal uterine bleeding in premenopausal women

MG Sweet, TA Schmidt-Dalton, PM Weiss… - American family …, 2012 - aafp.org
Up to 14 percent of women experience irregular or excessively heavy menstrual bleeding.
This abnormal uterine bleeding generally can be divided into anovulatory and ovulatory …

Practical aspects of the two FIGO systems for management of abnormal uterine bleeding in the reproductive years

MG Munro - Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & …, 2017 - Elsevier
The FIGO systems defining the nomenclature and symptoms of abnormal uterine bleeding
(AUB) in the reproductive years (System 1) and the PALM-COEIN classification of causes of …

Antiepileptic drugs, sex hormones, and PCOS

A Verrotti, C D'Egidio, A Mohn, G Coppola, P Parisi… - …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Reproductive endocrine dysfunction in women with epilepsy is an important issue, and in
recent years there is growing evidence to support the effect on sex hormones of both …

Lamotrigine dosing for pregnant patients with bipolar disorder

CT Clark, AM Klein, JM Perel… - American Journal of …, 2013 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective Little information is available on the need for dosage changes for lamotrigine in
pregnant women with bipolar disorder. The authors present new data on serial serum levels …

The long-term safety of antiepileptic drugs

A Gaitatzis, JW Sander - CNS drugs, 2013 - Springer
Antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) are used by millions of people worldwide for the treatment of
epilepsy, as well as in many other neurological and psychiatric conditions. They are …

Metabolic consequences of antiepileptic drugs

S Mintzer - Current opinion in neurology, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Older generation AEDs are associated with a panoply of metabolic abnormalities. Although
more research is needed to see whether individual drugs are directly tied to specific clinical …

Fertility and birth outcomes in women with epilepsy seeking pregnancy

PB Pennell, JA French, CL Harden, A Davis… - JAMA …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Prior studies report lower birth rates for women with epilepsy (WWE) but have
been unable to differentiate between biological and social contributions. To our knowledge …

Hormonal aspects of epilepsy

PB Pennell - Neurologic clinics, 2009 - neurologic.theclinics.com
Several alterations in different hormonal profiles have been described for patients with
epilepsy. The brain directly regulates hormonal status through hypothalamus-pituitary …

Efficacy and safety of lamotrigine in the treatment of bipolar disorder across the lifespan: a systematic review

FMC Besag, MJ Vasey, AN Sharma… - Therapeutic advances …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Bipolar disorder (BD) is a cyclic mood disorder characterised by alternating
episodes of mania/hypomania and depression interspersed with euthymic periods …

A meta-analysis of polycystic ovary syndrome in women taking valproate for epilepsy

X Hu, J Wang, W Dong, Q Fang, L Hu, C Liu - Epilepsy research, 2011 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To conduct a meta-analysis to quantify whether valproate (VPA) is associated
with an increased risk of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in women with epilepsy …