Contraception and Reproductive Health Care for Adolescent and Young Adult Women with Epilepsy

J Pediatr. 2022 Feb:241:229-236. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.10.056. Epub 2021 Oct 30.

Authors

Laura Kirkpatrick¹, Anne C Van Cott², Traci M Kazmerski³, Terrill Bravender⁴

Affiliations

¹ Division of Child Neurology, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Neurology, Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Health System, Pittsburgh, PA; Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
³ Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

PMID: 34728232
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.10.056

No abstract available

Keywords: antiseizure medication; birth control; seizure; sexual health.

MeSH terms

Abnormalities, Drug-Induced / prevention & control*
Adolescent
Adolescent Health Services*
Anticonvulsants / adverse effects*
Anticonvulsants / therapeutic use
Contraception / methods*
Directive Counseling / methods
Epilepsy / drug therapy*
Female
Humans
Preconception Care / methods*
Reproductive Health Services*
Young Adult

Substances

Anticonvulsants