ArticleNeurology2018
Verbal abilities in children of mothers with epilepsy: Association to maternal folate status.
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- Risk of neurodevelopmental disorders after fetal topiramate exposure: a systematic review.Frontiers in drug safety and regulation · 2026Pooled it
- Precision medicine in women with epilepsy: The challenge, systematic review, and future direction.Epilepsy & behavior : E&B · 2021Pooled it
- Development of cerebral lateralization in children exposed to fetal antiseizure medications: A prospective cohort study at age 6 years.Epilepsia · 2026Article
- Counseling Reproductive-Age Youth With Epilepsy: Literature Review and Expert Opinion From the Epilepsy in the Child-Bearing Ages Through Menopause Consortium.Pediatric neurology · 2026Review
- Folate transfer across the placenta during late pregnancy in women with epilepsy: A cross-sectional, two-center study.Epilepsia · 2025Article
- A Scoping Review of Human Teratogens and Their Impact on the Developing Brain: A Contribution From the ConcePTION Project.Birth defects research · 2025Article
- Anticipatory guidance and care in pediatric and adult neurology for people with epilepsy who became pregnant.Epilepsy & behavior : E&B · 2025Article
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- Pairing tones with vagus nerve stimulation improves brain stem responses to speech in the valproic acid model of autism.Journal of neurophysiology · 2024Article
- Mechanisms of neurodevelopmental toxicity of topiramate.Critical reviews in toxicology · 2024Review
- Issues of Women with Epilepsy and Suitable Antiseizure Drugs.Journal of epilepsy research · 2023Review
- Exposure to medication for neurological disease in pregnancy - time to consider the long-term implications?EClinicalMedicine · 2023Review
- Cognitive outcomes at age 3 years in children with fetal exposure to antiseizure medications (MONEAD study) in the USA: a prospective, observational cohort study.The Lancet. Neurology · 2023Observational
- Does maternal genetic liability to folate deficiency influence the risk of antiseizure medication-associated language impairment and autistic traits in children of women with epilepsy?The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2023Article
- No impact of prenatal paracetamol and folic acid exposure on cord blood DNA methylation in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.Frontiers in genetics · 2023Article
- Effects of Maternal Use of Antiseizure Medications on Child Development.Neurologic clinics · 2022Review
- Folic Acid and Risk of Preterm Birth, Preeclampsia, and Fetal Growth Restriction Among Women With Epilepsy: A Prospective Cohort Study.Neurology · 2022Article
- Plasma unmetabolized folic acid in pregnancy and risk of autistic traits and language impairment in antiseizure medication-exposed children of women with epilepsy.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2022Article
- Contraception, fecundity, and pregnancy in women with epilepsy: an update on recent literature.Current opinion in neurology · 2022Review
- Neurodevelopmental outcomes in children exposed prenatally to levetiracetam.Therapeutic advances in drug safety · 2022Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine the effect of maternal folic acid supplementation and maternal plasma folate and antiepileptic drug (AED) concentrations on language delay in AED-exposed children of mothers with epilepsy.
methodsChildren of mothers with and without epilepsy enrolled from 1999 to 2008 in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort study were included. Information on medical history, AED use, and folic acid supplementation during pregnancy was collected from parent-completed questionnaires. Maternal plasma folate and maternal plasma and umbilical cord AED concentrations were measured in blood samples from gestational weeks 17 to 19 and immediately after birth, respectively. Language development at 18 and 36 months was evaluated by the Ages and Stages Questionnaires.
resultsA total of 335 AED-exposed children of mothers with epilepsy and 104,222 children of mothers without epilepsy were surveyed. For those with no maternal periconceptional folic acid supplementation, the fully adjusted odds ratio (OR) for language delay in AED-exposed children compared to the controls at 18 months was 3.9 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.9-7.8,
conclusionFolic acid use early in pregnancy may have a preventive effect on language delay associated with in utero AED exposure.
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