Antiepileptic drugs and breastfeeding

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Davanzo, Riccardo ^a   Dal Bo, Sara ^a   Bua, Jenny ^a   Copertino, Marco ^a   Zanelli, Elisa ^a   Matarazzo, Lorenza ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Breastfeeding; Lactation risk

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; NORDAZEPAM; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PREGABALIN; PRIMIDONE; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN; ZONISAMIDE;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; DATA BASE; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG SAFETY; ENZYME INDUCTION; HUMAN; LACTATION; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LONG TERM CARE; MATERNAL PLASMA; MEDLINE; MOTHER; NEWBORN PERIOD; PLASMA PROTEIN BINDING; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SUCKLING; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WEIGHT GAIN; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; BREAST FEEDING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84883110038     PISSN: 17208424     EISSN: 18247288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1824-7288-39-50     Document Type: Article

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