A study on the potential risks of epilepsy medication in pregnancy revealed on Wednesday that a drug found to affect the cognitive ability of toddlers born to women who took the drug for epilepsy has a longer-term impact on their IQ. Researchers in the United States carried out follow-up tests among the same group of children whose investigation in 2009 led to warning by the US health watchdog about the potential risks of the drug valproate in pregnancy. The ...Wednesday 23 January 2013
Study Finds Epilepsy Drug During Pregnancy Has Long-term Effect on Child IQ
A study on the potential risks of epilepsy medication in pregnancy revealed on Wednesday that a drug found to affect the cognitive ability of toddlers born to women who took the drug for epilepsy has a longer-term impact on their IQ. Researchers in the United States carried out follow-up tests among the same group of children whose investigation in 2009 led to warning by the US health watchdog about the potential risks of the drug valproate in pregnancy. The ...
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