Knight and colleagues must be commended for their cross-sectional study from the UK
Epilepsy and Pregnancy Register evidencing that children exposed to topiramate in
utero had poorer levels of adaptive behaviour with a dose response effect [
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Publication history
Published online: March 15, 2023
Accepted:
March 14,
2023
Received:
March 11,
2023
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In Press Journal Pre-ProofIdentification
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