Preliminary findings of the developmental effects of in utero exposure to topiramate

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 308-311

  Rihtman, Tanya ^a   Parush, Shula ^a   Ornoy, Asher ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cognition; Development; In utero exposure; Motor function; Preschool; Topiramate

Indexed keywords

TOPIRAMATE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG SAFETY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NYSTAGMUS; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; FRUCTOSE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MOTOR SKILLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84865565768     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: 18731708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2012.05.038     Document Type: Article

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