Delivery of care, seizure control and medication adherence in women with epilepsy during pregnancy

Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders affecting an estimated 50 million people worldwide,[1] 15 million of whom are women of childbearing age.[2] Two to 5 per 1000 babies annually are born to women with epilepsy (WWE).[3], [4] Epilepsy is associated with poorer maternal outcomes and the mortality rate is consistently higher in WWE during pregnancy in comparison to those without.[5,6] The most recent confidential enquiry from MMBRACE-UK identified epilepsy-related death as an important cause of mortality during pregnancy between 2016 and 2018.

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