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Prenatal use of anti-epileptic drug may raise birth defect risk - Related Stories - AAP SmartBrief
Infants born to women who had taken the anti-epileptic drug Tegretol, or carbamazepine, during pregnancy were about 2.6 times more likely to have spina bifida, according to a review of medical literature. However, researchers said Tegretol posed a smaller risk of spina bifida and other birth defects
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