Outcome of pregnancy in women attending an outpatient epilepsy clinic: Adverse features associated with higher doses of sodium valproate

Seizure

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 512-518

  Mawer, George ^a   Clayton Smith, Jill ^a   Coyle, Helen ^a   Kini, Usha ^a  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adverse outcome; Carbamazepine; Epilepsy; Pregnancy; Valproate

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; FOLIC ACID; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MEGADOSE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FETUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TERATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0036905381     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(02)00135-8     Document Type: Article

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