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02 May 2017

Volume 25 | Issue 5

ISSN (Print): 0969-4900

ISSN (Online): 2052-4307

Caring for pregnant women with long-term conditions: maternal and neonatal effects of epilepsy

Worldwide, epilepsy is thought to affect approximately 1% of people (Grant, 2016) Though subject to various methodological (definitions of disease) and clinical issues (diagnostic criteria) this statistic equates to around 600,000 people having the condition in the UK (Joint Epilepsy Council of the UK and Ireland (JEC), 2011)

Clinical Practice

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