Anti-epilepsy drug risk on cognitive function for unborn children

Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - 11:42 in Health & Medicine

Interim results of a study being conducted by scientists at the University of Liverpool suggest that children aged three years and younger, who are born to women taking the anti-epileptic drug sodium valproate whilst pregnant, are likely to have an IQ of six to nine points lower than average...

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