Clinical case of Spina bifida in a Child Born to a Mother with Epilepsy Receiving Carbamazepine

Abstract

This article presents a literature review on teratogenic effects of carbamazepine and a clinical case of spina bifida in a child whose mother had epilepsy and was receiving carbamazepine during pregnancy.

Keywords

• epilepsy
• carbamazepine
• antiepileptic drugs
• teratogenicity
• fetal carbamazepine syndrome
• spina bifida.