Neurologic Disease in Women

New York, N.Y.: Demos, 1998. Quarto in maroon boards; 453 p.; ill.; 29 cm.; Includes bibliographical references and index. Fine. Hardcover. ISBN: 1888799153

Sex differences in regional brain structure and function-- Women's health and health care experience-- Drug treatments and trials in women-- Ovarian hormones and the nervous system-- Genetic disorders-- Women, law, and neurologic disease-- Neurologic disease in girls-- Menstruation and pregnancy: interactions with neurologic disease-- Obstetric issues in women with neurologic disease-- The menopausal transition: changing physiology, symptoms, and hormone therapy-- Frailty in the elderly woman-- Alzheimer disease in women and the role of estrogens Migraine-- Seizures and epilepsy in women-- Eclampsia-- Cerebrovascular disease in women-- Neurologic manifestations of general diseases. Sex factors in disease. Women -- Diseases. Nervous System Diseases. Sex Factors. Women's Health.