Should valproate be taken during pregnancy?

The Australian Registry of Antiepileptic Drug Use in Pregnancy includes 172 instances in which women took sodium valproate, with or without other antiepileptic drugs, during pregnancy. These pregnancies resulted in a substantially higher (p < 0.05) rate of malformed offspring (15.1%) compared wit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Eadie, Mervyn J, Vajda, Frank JE
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Dove Medical Press 2005
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1661607/