Neurological Diseases and Pregnancy

Dr. Emma Ciafaloni received her medical degree from the University of Milano, Italy, and completed her neurology residency and neuromuscular fellowship at Duke. Her clinical research focuses on experimental therapeutics and clinical trials in pediatric and adult neuromuscular disease and she has a special interest in pregnancy outcome in rare neuromuscular diseases.Dr. Cheryl Bushnell received her medical degree from Medical College of Wisconsin, and completed her neurology residency at Duke University. She received her master's of clinical research and completed a cerebrovascular research fellowship at Duke, as well. Her career has been dedicated to stroke in women, with a special emphasis on stroke in pregnancy. She is currently Professor of Neurology at Wake Forest Baptist Health and Director of the Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Stroke Center. Dr. Loralei Thornburg received her medical degree from Wayne State in Detroit, and completed her residency andfellowship at University of Rochester. Her career has been dedicated to care of high risk women during pregnancy, including education of fellows and residents regarding optimal care of these women and their families. She is currently an Associate Professor of Ob/Gyn at University of Rochester Medical Center, where she directs both the Maternal-Fetal Medicine division and fellowship.

... the book is an excellent compilation of knowledge and a brilliant read, especially for healthcare professionals aspiring to pursue their career in Obstetric Neurology and I would most definitely recommend it.

• SECTION 1: Reproductive Issues in Women with Neurologic Disease 1. General Approach to Pregnancy Care in the Neurologic Patient TARA A. LYNCH AND LORALEI L. THORNBURG 2. Pregnancy Safety and Termination NATALIE S. WHALEY AND ADAM EVANS 3. Contraception Options in Neurologic Disease TESSA L. REISINGER AND AMY ROBINSON HARRINGTON 4. Pregnancy Physiology: Effects on Immune and Nervous Systems LAUREN A. MILLER AND MARY N. TOWNER 5. Fetal Imaging for the Neurologist NEIL S. SELIGMAN AND MITCHELL CHESS 6. Prenatal Genetics for Women with Neurology Disease: Pregnancy, Preimplantation, and Newborn Screening STEPHANIE DUKHOVNY 7. Radiation Exposure and Neuroimaging During Pregnancy DZHAMALA GILMANDYAR 8. Cognitive Changes in Pregnancy MIRIAM T. WEBER 9. Principles of Reproductive Healthcare in Chronic Neurologic Disease KATHRYN J. DRENNAN AND MARIA VANUSHKINA SECTION 2: Central Nervous System Neurologic Diseases 10. Immune-mediated Disorders of the Central Nervous System PATRICIA K. COYLE 11. Neurologic Infections in Pregnancy COURTNEY OLSON-CHEN 12. Headache: Migraine, Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome, and Postnatal Headache DEBORAH I. FRIEDMAN, SHAMIN MASROUR, AND SUSAN HUTCHINSON 13. Traumatic Brain Injury and Pregnancy KARLA L. THOMPSON, WILLIAM FILER, MATTHEW HARRIS, AND MICHAEL Y. LEE 14. Ischemic Stroke Management in Pregnancy JODI DODDS, AARON I. LOOCHTAN, AND CHERYL D. BUSHNELL 15. Hemorrhagic Stroke Management in Pregnancy AARON I. LOOCHTAN, JODI DODDS, AND CHERYL D. BUSHNELL 16. Management of Intracranial Vascular Lesions During Pregnancy JACLYN J. RENFROW, AQIB H. ZEHRI, KYLE M. FARGEN, JASMEET SINGH, JOHN A. WILSON, AND STACEY Q. WOLFE 17. Cerebral Venous Thrombosis MICHAEL R. PICHLER AND ROBERT D. BROWN JR. 18. Brain Tumors in Pregnancy CHINAZOM IBEGBU AND NIMISH A. MOHILE 19. Movement Disorders in Pregnancy JAMIE L. ADAMS AND CHRISTOPHER G. TAROLLI SECTION 3: Epilepsy, Seizure, and Sleep Disorders 20. Pregnancy and Epilepsy TRENTON TOLLEFSON AND LYNN LIU 21. Seizure Medications Effects on Fetus, Neonate, and Lactation TARA A. LYNCH AND J. CHRISTOPHER GLANTZ 22. Postpartum Care for Women with Epilepsy ELIZABETH FOUNTAINE, PATRICIA ROGERS, AND LYNN LIU 23. Sleep Disorders and Pregnancy LYNN LIU SECTION 4: Neuromuscular, Spinal Cord, and Metabolic Disorders 24. Neuromuscular Diseases: Myasthenia Gravis, Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Nondystrophic Myotonias, and Muscular Dystrophies JOHANNA HAMEL AND EMMA CIAFALONI 25. Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease and Pregnancy PETER D. CREIGH AND DAVID N. HERRMANN 26. Guillain-Barré Syndrome and Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy in Pregnancy PARIWAT THAISETTHAWATKUL AND ERIC LOGIGIAN 27. Entrapment Neuropathy and Pregnancy PARIWAT THAISETTHAWATKUL AND ERIC LOGIGIAN 28. Neurocutaneous Disorders in Pregnancy ASHA N. TALATI AND DAVID N. HACKNEY 29. Spinal Cord Injury in Pregnancy KATHRYN J. DRENNAN AND MARIA VANUSHKINA 30. Inherited Metabolic Diseases (IMDs) and Pregnancy AHMED I. AHMED, SARAH ALDHAHERI, AND ALLISON BANNICK SECTION 5: Delivery and Postpartum 31. Approach to Delivery in the Patient with Neurologic Disease HEATHER M. LINK AND EVA K. PRESSMAN 32. Anesthetic Considerations for Neurologic Patients MELISSA KRESO, MARJORIE GLOFF, AND RICHARD WISSLER 33. Neurologic Complications in Obstetric Anesthesia MARJORIE GLOFF, MELISSA KRESO, AND RICHARD WISSLER 34. Perinatal Depression in Neurological Disease and Disability MARTE HELENE BJØRK AND MALIN EBERHARD-GRAN 35. Breastfeeding in the Context of Neurological Disorders RUTH A. LAWRENCE AND CASEY ROSEN-CAROLE