Valproic acid: Long-term effects on children exposed in utero

Prescrire International

Volumn 18, Issue 104, 2009, Pages

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CARBAMAZEPINE; FOLIC ACID; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLEFT PALATE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; EPILEPSY; FINGER MALFORMATION; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LIMB DEFECT; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; TERATOGENESIS; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ANTICONVULSANTS; CARBAMAZEPINE; COHORT STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FRUCTOSE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; PHENYTOIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; TRIAZINES; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 72249092481     PISSN: 11677422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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