Neurological disorders and pregnancy.

Certain neurological disorders are particularly liable to occur during pregnancy or may be profoundly influenced by it. Moreover, neurological disorders may influence the management of otherwise uncomplicated obstetric cases. Despite the practical importance of this subject, however, little attention has been devoted to it in the literature. Moreover, those papers that have been published are widely disseminated and so are not easily accessible to the many practicing physicians who may be confronted with a clinical problem of this sort. In this communication, a succinct account is provided of the interrelationship between noneclamptic pregnancy and maternal neurological disorders, with emphasis being placed on aspects that are of practical significance in a clinical context. The treatment of neurological disorders that are likely to pose a problem during pregnancy is discussed, and the manner in which these disorders may influence obstetric management is reviewed.