2010/03/29 by Sarah M. Kranick, Ellen M. Mowry, Amy Colcher +2 · 2 citations
Medicine · #Neurological and metabolic disorders #Restless Legs Syndrome Research #Neurological disorders and treatments #Movement disorders #Pregnancy #Medicine #Psychiatry #Pediatrics #Chorea
paper · doi:10.1002/mds.23071
openalex publication_date 2010/03/29 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/15
Pregnant patients are rarely encountered in the movement disorders clinic, but they present significant dilemmas regarding treatment and counseling for neurologists. While movement disorders in pregnancy once described those disorders arising de novo during pregnancy, such as chorea gravidarum or restless leg syndrome, advancing maternal age in Western countries will likely increase the number of women in whom pregnancy complicates a pre-existing movement disorder. Physicians treating these women must be aware of the impact of the movement disorder and its treatment on fertility, pregnancy, fetal development, lactation, and infant care. This review summarizes retrospective series and case reports to both guide clinicians and to stimulate and direct the design of prospective studies.