Study | Exclusion reasons | Rmk | Reference |
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Coste (Levetiracetam) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2020 | EXCLUDED: this control group doesn't exist in the article (only in the report). Children with a diagnosis of brain malformation (ICD-10 codes Q00 to Q04 and Q05.0 to Q05.4) during their stay in the maternity unit are excluded. | ||
He (Levetiracetam) (Controls exposed to Lamotrigine, sick), 2017 | repeat population groups, duplicate reports (most recent study included) | Patients who developed epilepsy during pregnancy or after delivery were not included. Overlapping: He 2017 totally included in Li 2023, with a longer study period and more pregnancies => Use of Li 2023. |
He Epilepsy Behav 2017; 74:10-14 10.1016/j.yebeh.2017.05.034 |
He (Levetiracetam) (Controls unexposed, sick), 2017 | repeat population groups, duplicate reports (most recent study included) | Patients who developed epilepsy during pregnancy or after delivery were not included. Overlapping: He 2017 totally included in Li 2023, with a longer study period and more pregnancies => Use of Li 2023. |
He Epilepsy Behav 2017; 74:10-14 10.1016/j.yebeh.2017.05.034 |
Meador (Levetiracetam) (Controls unexposed, disease free), 2021 | repeat population groups, duplicate reports (most recent study included) | Overlapping: Meador 2021 and 2023 used the same cohort in order to study the same outcome, at 2 different ages (=> use of the data on the older children, i.e Meador 2023). |
Meador JAMA Neurol 2021; 78:927-936 10.1001/jamaneurol.2021.1583 |
Meador (Levetiracetam) (Controls exposed to Lamotrigine, sick), 2021 | repeat population groups, duplicate reports (most recent study included) | Overlapping: Meador 2021 and 2023 used the same cohort in order to study the same outcome, at 2 different ages (=> use of the data on the older children, i.e Meador 2023). |
Meador JAMA Neurol 2021; 78:927-936 10.1001/jamaneurol.2021.1583 |