Study |
Type of data |
Exposure measurement |
Outcome assessment |
Adjustment |
Battino (Epilepsy), 2024
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prospective cohort
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Reporting physicians collected information on drug therapy after each trimester.
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Abnormalities in the offspring were recorded descriptively by reporting physicians. A committee blinded to type of exposure assessed and categorized these abnormalities. When necessary, the committee solicited additional information from the reporting physicians.
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Exclusion of pregnancies exposed to known teratogenic drugs, and those with comorbidities associated with teratogenic risks. No adjustment for this group of comparison.
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The NAAED (Indications NOS) (Controls exposed to LTG), 2024
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prospective cohort
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Women are interviewed at enrollment, at 7 months’ gestation and at 8 –12 weeks after the expected date of delivery. The computer-assisted interviews include questions on start and stop dates of each antiepileptic drugs taken, dose, frequency and changes in medication.
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Women were questioned with a computer-assisted telephone interview 3 times and medical records were obtained. The written descriptions in the pediatricians’ examinations were reviewed separately by the clinical teratologist.
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No adjustment for this group of exposure and comparison.
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The NAAED (Indications NOS) (Controls unexposed, disease free), 2024
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prospective cohort
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Women are interviewed at enrollment, at 7 months’ gestation and at 8 –12 weeks after the expected date of delivery. The computer-assisted interviews include questions on start and stop dates of each antiepileptic drugs taken, dose, frequency and changes in medication.
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Women were questioned with a computer-assisted telephone interview 3 times and medical records were obtained. The written descriptions in the pediatricians’ examinations were reviewed separately by the clinical teratologist.
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No adjustment for this group of exposure and comparison.
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