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Lacey and colleagues take the innovative approach of using linkage of routine-collected health and national education data to carry out a matched case–control study to assess educational attainment of children born to mothers with epilepsy1. Their main finding was in utero exposure to antiepileptic drugs (AED) in combination, or sodium valproate alone, is associated with a significant decrease in attainment in national educational tests for 7-year-old children compared with both the matched control group and the all-Wales national average. Arguably, at first glance, this may not seem like news per se but there are several points that make it highly noteworthy.
Previous studies have …
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Funding This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Competing interests None declared.
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