Effects of seizures and their treatment on fetal brain

Epilepsia

Volumn 45, Issue SUPPL. 8, 2004, Pages 48-52

  LaJoie, Josiane ^a   Moshé, Solomon L ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AEDs; Epilepsy; Fetus; Pregnancy; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; TRIMETHADIONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN WEIGHT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FETAL HYDANTOIN SYNDROME; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MONOTHERAPY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; STILLBIRTH; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 10644263466     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2004.458007.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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