Valproate-Induced Congenital Malformations

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-19-7-1

Valproate-Induced Congenital Malformations

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 19 (2005): Issue 7

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Jul 2005

Abstract

The risk of congenital malformations in infants of women with epilepsy treated with antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) during the first trimester of pregnancy and in those whose mothers had discontinued AEDs before pregnancy was compared in a study at the Universities of Tampere and Oulu, Finland.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-19-7-1 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 49 - 50

Published on: Jul 1, 2005

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Antiepileptic Drugs,

Congenital Malformations,

First Trimester of Pregnancy

© 2005 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 19 (2005): Issue 7