Progesterone therapy in women with intractable catamenial epilepsy
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Progesterone therapy in women with epilepsy.
BACKGROUND Progesterone with its anti-seizure effect plays a role in the pathophysiology of catamenial epilepsy which affects 31-60% of epileptic women. In this study, an attempt to treat women suffering from catamenial epilepsy with progesterone, as an adjuvant drug, was made. METHODS The treatment was given to 36 women aged 20-40 years (mean age: 30.75±6.05) with seizures in the entire seco...
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عنوان ژورنال: Advanced Biomedical Research
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2277-9175
DOI: 10.4103/2277-9175.107974