Maternal anticonvulsants and optic nerve hypoplasia.
Open Access
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- Published by BMJ in British Journal of Ophthalmology
- Vol. 62 (1), 3-6
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.62.1.3
Abstract
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.Keywords
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