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Women's issues Volume 22, issue 4, August 2020

Figure 1

Timeline of management of juvenile myoclonic epilepsy and clinical response in Case 1.

LEV: levetiracetam; LTG: lamotrigine; TPM: topiramate; VPA: valproate.

Figure 2

Suggested flowchart for managing women with epilepsy from the preconception period through to pregnancy delivery and the postpartum period.

This flowchart may need to be customized for individuals according to their specific characteristics, e.g., therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is not available in many countries.