A case of fetal valproate syndrome with new features expanding the phenotype

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 288-291

  Seidahmed, Mohammed Zain ^a   Miqdad, Abeer M ^a   Al Dohami, Hessa ^a   Shareefi, Osama M ^a  

^a SECURITY FORCES HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; FEMALE; FETAL VALPROATE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MONOTHERAPY; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; TERATOLOGY; TRAUMATIC EPILEPSY;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANTICONVULSANTS; EPILEPSY, POST-TRAUMATIC; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 66549123707     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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