Epilepsy in pregnancy

Primary Care Update for Ob/Gyns

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 86-89

  Johnson, Jeffrey R ^a,b   Feingold, Michael ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; FOLIC ACID; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID; VITAMIN K GROUP;

BLEEDING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FETUS MALFORMATION; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STILLBIRTH; TERATOGENICITY;

EID: 0032029759     PISSN: 1068607X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1068-607X(98)00006-7     Document Type: Article

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