Risks of neurobehavioral teratogenicity associated with prenatal exposure to valproate monotherapy: A systematic review with regulatory repercussions

CNS Spectrums

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 305-315

  Gentile, Salvatore ^a,b  

^a ASL Salerno   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

neurobehavioral teratogenicity; pregnancy; valproate

Indexed keywords

VALPROIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENYTOIN;

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG LABELING; DRUG SAFETY; EPILEPSY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; MONOTHERAPY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TERATOGENICITY; TREATMENT INDICATION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; FEMALE; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; TERATOGENESIS; UNITED STATES; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROBEHAVIORAL TERATOGENICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEER REVIEW; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL PERIOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; WORKING MEMORY;

ANTICONVULSANTS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DRUG LABELING; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; TERATOGENESIS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 84906790944     PISSN: 10928529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1092852913000990     Document Type: Review

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