Prenatal Anticonvulsants and Small Infant Head Size

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-14-7-4

Keywords:

Occipitofrontal Head Circumference, Maternal Epilepsy, Smaller Head Sizes

Abstract

Occipitofrontal head circumference (OFC) of 172 neonates exposed prenatally to phenobarbital and phenytoin was compared to 168 control neonates, and the findings were studied in relation to a follow-up assessment of cognitive functioning in adulthood, at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Published

2000-07-01

Issue

Section

Antiepileptic Medications