The prescribing of antiepileptic drugs for pregnant Australian women

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-53

  Vajda, Frank J E ^a   Horgan, David ^a   Hollingworth, Samantha ^b   Graham, Janet ^a   Hitchcock, Alison A ^a   Roten, Annie ^a   O'Brien, Terence J ^a   Lander, Cecile M ^b   Eadie, Mervyn J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

antiepileptic drugs; Australian Pregnancy Register; fetal malformation; referral patterns; valproate

Indexed keywords

4' HYDROXYPHENOBARBITAL; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; TERATOGENIC AGENT; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG USE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FETUS MALFORMATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOTHERAPY; NEUROLOGIST; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; AUSTRALIA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 84856953190     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2011.01359.x     Document Type: Article

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