title: The outcome of pregnancy following topiramate treatment: a study on 52 pregnancies.
abstract: In spite of a substantial increase in the use of topiramate at child bearing age, very little is known regarding its use in pregnancy. We describe the outcome of 52 pregnancies with 41 liveborn infants from which it seems that topiramate reduces birth weight without decreasing gestational age at delivery, but does not seem to increase the risk for structural defects. There was an increased rate of spontaneous abortions not related to the drug effects.
authors.affiliation: The Israeli Teratogen Information Service, Laboratory of Teratology, Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School and Israeli Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel. ornoy@cc.huji.ac.il
authors.forename: Asher
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ornoy
authors.forename: Naama
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zvi
authors.forename: Judy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Arnon
authors.forename: Rebecka
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wajnberg
authors.forename: Svetlana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shechtman
authors.forename: Orna
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Diav-Citrin
mesh_terms: D000014:Abnormalities, Drug-Induced; D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000139:chemically induced*; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000633:toxicity*; D001724:Birth Weight / Q000187:drug effects*; D005260:Female; D005632:Fructose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000633:toxicity; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D000077236:Topiramate
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants; D000077236:Topiramate; D005632:Fructose