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. 1978 Jan;62(1):3–6. doi: 10.1136/bjo.62.1.3

Maternal anticonvulsants and optic nerve hypoplasia.

C S Hoyt, F A Billson
PMCID: PMC1043128  PMID: 415754

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.

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