Branislav Kollár1, Igor M. Tomo2, Pavel Šiarnik1, Lucia Krížová1, Zuzana Čarnická1, Stanislav Šutovský1, Katarína Klobučníková1
Epilepsy is one of the most frequent neurological diseases that require treatment during the pregnancy. The fact that mothers diagnosed with epilepsy are not quite a rarity is supported by the estimation that 0.3 - 0.4 % of the newborn babies represent children born to mothers with epilepsy. Epilepsy itself and antiepileptic treatment do not constitute a contraindication to pregnancy. Every woman needs to be adequately informed about the risks and the mutual relations between epilepsy and pregnancy. This work deals with teratogenic effects of the antiepileptic drugs of which every neurologist and gynecologist should be very well aware. The teratogenic effects must be taken into account while considering the antiepileptic treatment in every woman in fertile age.