Hormone Replacement Therapy in Women with Epilepsy: A Randomized, Double‐Blind, Placebo‐Controlled Study

Summary:  Purpose: Previous reports have suggested that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) could increase seizure activity in women with epilepsy. We sought to determine whether adding HRT to the medication regimen of postmenopausal women with epilepsy was associated with an increase in seizure frequency.

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