Spina bifida and cleft lip among newborns of Norwegian women with epilepsy
Changes related to the use of anticonvulsants
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11036295 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul King (0000-0002-3290-5248, Cancer Registry of Norway), P B King, Rolv T Lie (0000-0001-6287-4051), Lorentz M Irgens |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 86 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 1454-1456 |
| Publication date | 1996-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.86.10.1454 |
| PMID | 8876519 |
| OpenAlex | W2008552032 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
OBJECTIVES: This study examined the connection between the use of anticonvulsants for epilepsy during or before pregnancy and the risk of spina bifida and cleft lip in newborns. METHODS: Among mothers registered from 1967 to 1992 by the Medical Birth Registry of Norway, 7588 who had epilepsy were identified and their newborns' prevalence of spina bifida and cleft lip examined. RESULTS: The odds ratio of spina bifida in children of mothers with epilepsy compared with other children increased from 1.5 in 1967 through 1980 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.3, 4.5) to 4.4 in 1981 through 1992 (95% CI = 2.0, 8.5). The odds ratio of cleft lip, however, decreased from 3.0 before 1981 (95% CI = 1.6, 5.1) to 1.1 after 1981 (95% CI = 0.4, 2.3). CONCLUSIONS: This shift toward more serious birth defects is consistent with the different teratogenic effects of newer and older anticonvulsants
Epilepsy · Norwegian · Psychiatry · Spina bifida · Epilepsy research and treatment · Medicine · Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies · Spinal Dysraphism and Malformations · Pediatrics
| Citations per year | 0.05 |
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| Citation span | 2004 - 2004 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |