Fetal antiepileptic drug exposure and cognitive outcomes at age 6 years (NEAD study): A prospective observational study

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 244-252

  Meador, Kimford J ^a   Baker, Gus A ^b   Browning, Nancy ^c   Cohen, Morris J ^d   Bromley, Rebecca L ^b   Clayton Smith, Jill ^e   Kalayjian, Laura A ^f   Kanner, Andres ^g   Liporace, Joyce D ^h   Pennell, Page B ⁱ   Privitera, Michael ^j   Loring, David W ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c EMMES   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h Neurology   (United States)

ⁱ BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; FOLIC ACID; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EPILEPSY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; MONOTHERAPY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; OBSERVATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OBSERVATION; PHENYTOIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIAZINES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876328485     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: 14744465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(12)70323-X     Document Type: Article

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