Effects of breastfeeding in children of women taking antiepileptic drugs

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作者
Meador, K. J. [1 ]
Baker, G. A. [2 ]
Browning, N. [3 ]
Clayton-Smith, J. [4 ]
Combs-Cantrell, D. T. [5 ]
Cohen, M. [6 ]
Kalayjian, L. A. [7 ]
Kanner, A. [8 ]
Liporace, J. D. [9 ]
Pennell, P. B. [10 ]
Privitera, M. [11 ]
Loring, D. W.
机构
[1] Emory Univ, Dept Neurol, Atlanta, GA 30322 USA
[2] Univ Liverpool, Walton Ctr Neurol & Neurosurg, Liverpool L69 3BX, Merseyside, England
[3] EMMES Corp, Rockville, MD USA
[4] St Marys Hosp, Manchester M13 0JH, Lancs, England
[5] Univ Texas SW Med Ctr Dallas, Dallas, TX USA
[6] Med Coll Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912 USA
[7] Univ So Calif, Los Angeles, CA USA
[8] Rush Univ, Med Ctr, Chicago, IL 60612 USA
[9] Riddle Hlth Care, Neurol, Media, PA USA
[10] Brigham & Womens Hosp, Boston, MA 02115 USA
[11] Univ Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH USA
关键词
PROPENSITY SCORE; PREGNANCY; EXPOSURE; EPILEPSY; FETAL;
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10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181ffe4a9
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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摘要
Background: Breastfeeding is known to have beneficial effects, but there is concern that breastfeeding during antiepileptic drug (AED) therapy may be harmful to cognitive development. Animal and human studies have demonstrated that some AEDs can adversely affect the immature brain. However, no investigation has examined effects of breastfeeding during AED therapy on subsequent cognitive abilities in children. Methods: The Neurodevelopmental Effects of Antiepileptic Drugs Study is an ongoing prospective multicenter observational investigation of long-term effects of in utero AED exposure on cognition. Between 1999 and 2004, we enrolled pregnant women with epilepsy who were taking a single AED (carbamazepine, lamotrigine, phenytoin, or valproate). We recently reported on differential AED effects on age 3 year cognitive outcomes. In this report, we focus on the effects of breastfeeding during AED therapy on age 3 cognitive outcomes in 199 children. Results: A total of 42% of children were breastfed. IQs for breastfed children did not differ from nonbreastfed children for all AEDs combined and for each of the 4 individual AED groups. Mean adjusted IQ scores (95% confidence intervals) across all AEDs were breastfed = 99 (96-103) and nonbreastfed = 98 (95-101). Power was 95% to detect a half SD IQ effect in the combined AED analysis, but was inadequate within groups. Conclusions: This preliminary analysis fails to demonstrate deleterious effects of breastfeeding during AED therapy on cognitive outcomes in children previously exposed in utero. However, caution is advised due to study limitations. Additional research is needed to confirm this observation and extend investigations to other AEDs and polytherapy. Neurology (R) 2010;75:1954-1960
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