Balancing the risks to the fetus from epileptic seizures and antiepileptic drug exposure in pregnancy

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1707-1708

  Tatum, William O ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DRUG EXPOSURE; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS HEART RATE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 72049111741     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/ern.09.124     Document Type: Editorial

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