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Fetal exposure to lamotrigine and quetiapine in two consecutive pregnancies

Authors: Spencer Levesque, Caylin Riley

Published in: Archives of Women's Mental Health | Issue 1/2017

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We present the case of two healthy infants born to a bipolar female maintained on low-dose lamotrigine and quetiapine.

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Title: Fetal exposure to lamotrigine and quetiapine in two consecutive pregnancies
Authors: Spencer Levesque
Caylin Riley
Publication date: 01-02-2017
Publisher: Springer Vienna
Published in: Archives of Women's Mental Health / Issue 1/2017
Print ISSN: 1434-1816
Electronic ISSN: 1435-1102
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-016-0690-9

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Fetal exposure to lamotrigine and quetiapine in two consecutive pregnancies

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