Physical growth and psychomotor development of infants exposed to antiepileptic drugs in utero

Neurology India

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 42-46

  Arulmozhi, T ^a   Dhanaraj, M ^a,b   Rangaraj, R ^a   Vengatesan, A ^a  

^a STANLEY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Anterior fontanelle; Antiepileptic drugs (AEDs)

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ANTERIOR FONTANEL; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MATERNAL DISEASE; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; SITTING; TERATOGENESIS;

EID: 33646748089     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.24701     Document Type: Article

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