Exposure to valproate during pregnancy can impair a child's cognitive development

Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 09:07 in Psychology & Sociology

Three-year-olds whose mothers took the antiepileptic drug valproate during pregnancy had average IQs six to nine points lower than children exposed to three other antiepileptic drugs, a landmark multi-centre study has found...

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