Intrauterine growth retardation in foetuses of women with epilepsy
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PURPOSE Various factors may affect intrauterine foetal growth, amongst which conditions such as epilepsy and the use of anti-epileptic drugs (AED) may play a role. This study investigated intrauterine growth of foetuses in women with epilepsy, as compared with controls, and explored whether intrauterine growth was affected by prenatal exposure to AED. METHOD Data were obtained from prospectively registered data regarding pregnancy and prenatal and perinatal factors in women in Oppland County in Norway. The final analysis included information from 166 mothers with epilepsy and 287 children. The control group consisted of 40,553 pregnancies in women without epilepsy registered in the same database. RESULTS There was a significantly higher risk of the ponderal index being below the 10th percentile and infants being small for gestational age (SGA) in the epilepsy group; exposure to AED increased the risk. The frequency of SGA and low ponderal index was highest in Lamotrigine exposed infants. In the AED group, head circumference was significantly smaller among Carbamazepine exposed. CONCLUSION Impaired intrauterine growth of foetuses in women with epilepsy was identified. The frequency of SGA and low ponderal index was highest in Lamotrigine exposed infants. The epilepsy group had a higher risk profile for having smaller babies, in being younger at age, lower in body weight and more frequent smokers. However despite these differences, the effects of epilepsy and AED exposure were significant. The ponderal index may be a useful supplement to more established measures assessing intrauterine growth in epilepsy.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Seizure
دوره 28 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015