Maternal anticonvulsants and optic nerve hypoplasia.
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چکیده
Seven patients with optic nerve hypoplasia, born of epileptic mothers, are presented. All the mothers took anticonvulsants during pregnancy. The possibility that maternal anticonvulsant therapy may play a role in the genesis of optic nerve hypoplasia is discussed in the light of what is known about the teratogenicity of these agents.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The British journal of ophthalmology
دوره 62 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1978