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Birth Defects

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Birth defects seen when mothers take valproate during pregnancy include:

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  • spina bifida (where the bones of the spine do not develop properly)
     

  • facial and skull malformations (including cleft lip and palate, where the upper lip or facial bones are split)
     

  • malformations of the limbs, heart, kidney, urinary tract and sexual organs.

 

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