Binge drinking during pregnancy and risk of seizures in childhood: A study based on the Danish national birth cohort

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 313-322

  Sun, Yuelian ^a,b   Strandberg Larsen, Katrine ^c   Vestergaard, Mogens ^a   Christensen, Jakob ^d   Nybo Andersen, Anne Marie ^e   Grønbæk, Morten ^c   Olsen, Jørn ^a,f  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD RESEARCH   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Epilepsy; Fetal alcohol syndrome; Infant, newborn; Prenatal exposure delayed effects; Seizures, febrile

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DRINKING; HEALTH RISK; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; PREGNANCY;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERVIEW; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FOLLOW UP; MALE; NEWBORN; PARITY; STATISTICS;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEIZURES; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 59649119831     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwn334     Document Type: Article

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