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Prenatal Valproate Lowers IQ
September 2009
When a woman takes certain anticonvulsants early in pregnancy, she increases the risk that her baby will develop malformations (2008;31:22-23,45). Exposure of experimental animals to antiepileptic drugs at doses lower than what is teratogenic can produce adverse cognitive and behavioral effects in…
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