[Fertility in the population of women with epilepsy]

Retrospective inquiry investigations of 263 women with epilepsy at the age above 15 years demonstrated that the reproductive functions in these women were twice lower than in the general population of this region. The number of unmarried was 7% above that in the population, 25% of married epileptic women had no children, and most married women controlled the birth rate resorting frequently to artificial abortions. The index of perinatal mortality of the newborns, dead fetuses and early deaths) was over three times higher than in the population: 88.2 and 25.6 respctively. The risk of spontaneous abortion was 11.3%, the risk of stillbirth 3.9%, the risk of early neonatal death 4.6%. The risk of spontaneous abortion and early neonatal death was higher in the group of women taking anticonvulsants during pregnancy.