在女性癫痫患者中有一定比例的患者其癫痫发作与月经周期相关,报道从10%～70%不等。经期癫痫并没有确切的定义.临床上将与月经周期相关的癫痫发作称为经期癫痫。1997年Herzog等研究提出了三种不同的经期癫痫模式,发现癫痫容易发生在月经前期、黄体前期以及黄体功能不全期,并且证实了月经前期型是最常见的经期癫痫类型。本文就经期癫痫的发病机制及治疗做一综述。 A proportion of patients with epilepsy in women whose seizures are associated with the menstrual cycle, ranging from 10% to 70%. Menstrual epilepsy and no precise definition of Clinically associated with the menstrual cycle seizures called epilepsy. 1997 Herzog et al. Proposed three different epilepsy patterns and found that epilepsy was prone to premenstrual, pre-luteal, and luteal phase incompetence, and confirmed that the premenstrual pattern was the most common type of epilepsy. This article reviews the pathogenesis and treatment of epilepsy.