Polytherapy increases the risk of infertility in women with epilepsy

Neurology

Volumn 75, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1351-1355

  Sukumaran, Sapna Cheravalloor ^a   Sarma, P Sankara ^a   Thomas, Sanjeev V ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG EXPOSURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOTHERAPY; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; WOMAN WTIH EPILEPSY;

EID: 77958586188     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181f73673     Document Type: Article

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