Neurobehavioral Outcomes of Children with Antenatal Exposure to Antiseizure Medications.

Objectives: To evaluate the effect of antiepileptic medications prescribed to mothers during pregnancy on the development and behavior of children.

Methods: From the Kerala Registry of Epilepsy and Pregnancy, 98 children between the ages of 1½ to 2½ y were consecutively chosen. Children of mothers who did not have epilepsy during pregnancy and not exposed to antiseizure medications (ASMs) antenatally were selected as comparator group.

Prevalence of Specific Learning Disorders (SLD) Among Children in India: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Background: Specific learning disorders (SLD) comprise varied conditions with ongoing problems in one of the three areas of educational skills-reading, writing, and arithmetic-which are essential for the learning process. There is a dearth of systematic reviews focused exclusively on the prevalence of SLD in India. Hence, this study was done to estimate the prevalence of SLD in Indian children.

A Nine-Item Red Flag Sign Card for Identification of Autism Spectrum Disorder among Toddlers Aged 12 to 18 Months.

There is a dearth of validated red flags measures for early identification of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) among toddlers. Hence, a new screening measure was developed. Item generation was done through literature search.

Incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus and prediabetes in Kerala, India: results from a 10-year prospective cohort.

Background: Kerala, the southern state of India, has experienced sudden rise in the prevalence estimates of diabetes. A cohort study on the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in Kerala state thus aptly bridges the lacuna of incidence estimate of T2DM from a population at risk.

Methods: A 10-year prospective cohort study was carried out in two urban wards of central Kerala.