Old and new antiepileptic drugs during pregnancy and lactation - report of a case

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 719-720

  Rauchenzauner, Markus ^a,b   Kiechl Kohlendorfer, Ursula ^a   Rostasy, Kevin ^a   Luef, Gerhard ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Klinik für Schulterchirurgie und Sportorthopädie Schön Klinik Vogtareuth   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Breastfeeding; Neonatal seizures; Women with epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ETIRACETAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PRIMIDONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CASE REPORT; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; JUVENILE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY; LACTATION; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; WITHDRAWAL SEIZURE;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTATION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 79954568554     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.01.028     Document Type: Article

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