Fetal AED Exposure and Cognitive Outcome at Age 6

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-27-4-8

Keywords:

Antiepileptic Drug, Intelligence Quotient, Valproate

Abstract

Investigators at Emory University, Atlanta, GA and multiple centers in the USA and UK conducted a prospective study of the effects of antiepileptic drug (AED) monotherapy (carbamazepine, lamotrigine, phenytoin, or valproate) on the intelligence quotient (IQ) at 6 years of age (age-6 IQ).

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Published

2013-04-01

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Section

Antiepileptic Medications