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Background | Committee Members | Resources | News and Updates News The Pregnancy Register is continuing to recruit patients, with enrolments steady over the past four years. The latest outcome report on 1020 outcomes has been accepted by The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology for publication. The new finding that a year's seizure freedom prior to becoming pregnant was associated with a 70-80 per cent lower risk of having seizures in pregnancy and post-partum was presented at the Rhodes Meeting of the Neurological Society and the full report has been accepted by Epilepsia in September 2007. The examination of babies and assessment of the cognitive outcome in the 2 year old cohort has commenced and selection of the 7 year old cohort has begun, to undergo neuropsychological tests. Cooperation with EURAP continues with direct contact and transmitting prospectively enrolled cases. |
