TY - JOUR T1 - Maternal anticonvulsants and optic nerve hypoplasia. JF - British Journal of Ophthalmology JO - Br J Ophthalmol SP - 3 LP - 6 DO - 10.1136/bjo.62.1.3 VL - 62 IS - 1 AU - C. S. Hoyt AU - F. A. Billson Y1 - 1978/01/01 UR - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/62/1/3.abstract N2 - Seven patients with optic nerve hypoplasia, born of epileptic mothers, are presented. All the mothers took anticonvulsants during pregnancy. The possibility that maternal anticonvulsant therapy may play a role in the genesis of optic nerve hypoplasia is discussed in the light of what is known about the teratogenicity of these agents. ER -