Birth defects after prenatal exposure to antiepileptic drugs

Lancet Neurology

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 781-786

  Perucca, Emilio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PREGABALIN; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN; ZONISAMIDE;

BIRTH DEFECT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; EPILEPSY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MONOTHERAPY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TERATOGENICITY;

EID: 26844486733     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(05)70224-6     Document Type: Short Survey

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