Epilepsy drug may increase risk of autism in children
Tuesday, December 2, 2008 - 06:42
in Health & Medicine
A new study shows that women who take the epilepsy drug valproate while pregnant may significantly increase their child's risk of developing autism. The preliminary research is published in the 2 December 2008 print issue of Neurology(R), the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology...
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