Valproate and the Pregnancy Prevention Programme: exceptional circumstances
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Sodium valproate and pregnancy.
Correspondence Sodium valproate and pregnancy Sir, We were presented with a baby born to a mother taking sodium valproate who wished to breast feed. There are no data on breast milk levels of sodium valproate; it is presumed from collateral evidence that some of the drug would pass across from maternal serum into the milk. Studies in animals given modest doses of sodium valproate during pregnan...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of General Practice
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0960-1643,1478-5242
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp19x701897