Evaluation of antiepileptic drugs in pregnancy in a Jordanian army hospital

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 601-605

  Barqawi, R ^a  

^a KING HUSSEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EAR MALFORMATION; EPILEPSY; FEAR; FEMALE; FETUS; FINGER MALFORMATION; HUMAN; JORDAN; MONOTHERAPY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL CARE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SPINA BIFIDA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TERATOGENICITY; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JORDAN; PHENYTOIN; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646187882     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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