Pediatric Neurology Briefs (Jul 2000)
Prenatal Anticonvulsants and Small Infant Head Size
Abstract
Occipitofrontal head circumference (OFC) of 172 neonates exposed prenatally to phenobarbital and phenytoin was compared to 168 control neonates, and the findings were studied in relation to a follow-up assessment of cognitive functioning in adulthood, at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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