Antiepileptic Drug Teratogenicity and De Novo Genetic Variation Load.
Piero PeruccaAlison AndersonDana JazayeriAlison HitchcockJanet GrahamMarian TodaroTorbjörn TomsonDina BattinoEmilio PeruccaMeritxell Martinez FerriAnne RochtusLieven LagaeMaria Paola CaneviniElena ZambrelliEllen CampbellBobby P C KoelemanIngrid Eileen SchefferSamuel Frank BerkovicPatrick KwanSanjay M SisodiyaDavid B GoldsteinSlavé PetrovskiJohn CraigFrank J E VajdaTerence J O'Briennull nullPublished in: Annals of neurology (2020)
Our study indicates that prenatal AED exposure does not increase the burden of de novo variants, and that this mechanism is not a major contributor to AED-induced BDs. These results can be incorporated in routine patient counseling. ANN NEUROL 2020;87:897-906.