Malformations in newborns associated to anticonvulsant consumption during pregnancy. Experience in third level hospital of Mexico

Revista de Investigacion Clinica

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-20

  Juárez Olguín, Hugo ^a,b   Belmont Gómez, Aurora ^c   Flores Pérez, Janett ^a,b   Barranco Garduño, Lina M ^a,b   Flores Pérez, Carmen ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PERINATOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsants; Malformations; New borns; Pregnancy; Theratogenic

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; FOLIC ACID; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE; ADULT; AORTA COARCTATION; ARTICLE; CLEFT LIP; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FETAL HYDANTOIN SYNDROME; FETUS RISK; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; MONOTHERAPY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE; SPINA BIFIDA; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEXICO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 45149115136     PISSN: 00348376     EISSN: 00348376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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