A small study published online in the iJournal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry/i suggests that children whose mothers take the antiepileptic drug sodium valproate while pregnant are at significantly increased risk of autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders. The authors base their findings on children born to 528 pregnant women between 2000 and 2004 in the North West of England. Just fewer than half the mums (243) had epilepsy, all ...Sunday, 3 February 2013
Exposure to Antiepileptic Drug in Womb Linked to Autism Risk: Study
A small study published online in the iJournal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry/i suggests that children whose mothers take the antiepileptic drug sodium valproate while pregnant are at significantly increased risk of autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders. The authors base their findings on children born to 528 pregnant women between 2000 and 2004 in the North West of England. Just fewer than half the mums (243) had epilepsy, all ...
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