Maternal use of antibiotics, hospitalisation for infection during pregnancy, and risk of childhood epilepsy: A population-based cohort study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Nørgaard, Mette ^a   Ehrenstein, Vera ^a   Nielsen, Rikke Beck ^a   Bakketeig, Leiv Sigmund ^b   Sørensen, Henrik Toft ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V; PIVMECILLINAM; SULFONAMIDE; TRIMETHOPRIM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CHILD SAFETY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; FETUS RISK; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NEWBORN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRESCRIPTION; PROGENY; RISK ASSESSMENT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPILEPSY; FERTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RISK; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856240210     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030850     Document Type: Article

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