Thursday 23 July 2009

Link between anti-epilepsy drug and IQ

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have published interim results of a study in the New England Journal of Medicine that suggest the anti-epilepsy drug has an effect on the IQ of children. Children aged three years and below, born to women who took the drug sodium valproate whilst pregnant, are likely to have an IQ which is lower than the average by six to nine points.

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