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Maternal and Foetal Outcome of Antiepileptic Drug (AED) Use in Pregnancy in Afro-Caribbean Patients

DOI: 
10.7727/wimj.2017.172
Synopsis: 
This study showed an increased risk of adverse foetal outcome in infants exposed in utero (p = 0.04) to AED. Maternal outcome in exposed mothers was not statistically significant (p = 0.06).

ABSTRACT

Objective: To determine the maternal and foetal outcomes of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) use during pregnancy, in women of Afro-Caribbean descent, seen at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI).

Accepted: 
20 Dec, 2017
Journal Sections: 
e-Published: 22 Dec, 2017

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