Epilepsy drug may increase risk of birth defects
Monday, July 21, 2008 - 16:07
in Health & Medicine
Taking the epilepsy drug topiramate alone or along with other epilepsy drugs during pregnancy may increase the risk of birth defects, according to a study published in the July 22, 2008, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
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