Child Development after Fetal Exposure to AED

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-25-3-1

Child Development after Fetal Exposure to AED

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 25 (2011): Issue 3

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Mar 2011

Abstract

Researchers at the University of Liverpool and the Department of Neurology, Royal Group of Hospitals, Belfast, UK, investigated the early cognitive development of 155 children born to women with epilepsy (WWE) and exposed in utero to the antiepileptic drug, levetiracetam (LEV) or sodium valproate (VPA).

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-25-3-1 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 17 - 18

Published on: Mar 1, 2011

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Maternal IQ,

Seizures,

Monotherapy

© 2011 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 25 (2011): Issue 3