Prenatal exposure to valproate and risk of congenital malformations-Could we have known earlier?-A population-based cohort study.

Jakob Christensen Betina B Trabjerg Yuelian Sun Nils Erik Gilhus Marte Helene Bjørk Torbjörn Tomson Julie Werenberg Dreier

Published in: Epilepsia (2021)

Using Danish health care data, we were able to identify a teratogenic risk associated with prenatal valproate exposure in children born in 1997, which is much earlier than prospective clinical cohorts. Health registry data represent an important tool for early identification of risk associated with drugs in pregnancy.

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healthcare
pregnant women
electronic health record
public health
big data
young adults
mental health
low birth weight
machine learning
social media
data analysis
climate change
health promotion