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Prenatal Exposure to Anticonvulsants and Psychosexual Development

Overview of attention for article published in Archives of Sexual Behavior, February 1999
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Title
Prenatal Exposure to Anticonvulsants and Psychosexual Development
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Archives of Sexual Behavior, February 1999
DOI 10.1023/a:1018789521375
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Arianne B. Dessens, Peggy T. Cohen-Kettenis, Gideon J. Mellenbergh, Nanne V.D. Poll, Janna G. Koppe, Kees Boer

Abstract

Animal studies have shown that prenatal exposure to the anticonvulsant drugs phenobarbital and phenytoin alters steroid hormone levels which consequently leads to disturbed sexual differentiation. In this study, possible sequelae of prenatal exposure to these anticonvulsants on gender development in humans were investigated. A follow-up study was carried out in phenobarbital- and phenytoin-exposed subjects and control subjects matched for age, sex, and the mothers' ages. Subjects were born in the Academic Medical Center between 1957 and 1972. Out of 243 exposed and 222 control subjects who were asked to volunteer, 147 exposed subjects (72 male, 75 female) and equal numbers of their matched control subjects participated in the follow-up study. They were interviewed and were asked to fill out questionnaires on gender role behavior, gender development, and sexual orientation. As a group, exposed and control subjects did not differ with respect to gender role behavior, although higher numbers of prenatally anticonvulsant-exposed subjects reported current or past cross-gender behavior and/or gender dysphoria. Three prenatally anticonvulsant-exposed subjects were transsexuals and had undergone sex reassignment surgery, a remarkably high rate given the rarity of transsexualism. In addition, two exposed males had exclusively homosexual experiences, whereas none of the control males reported exclusive homosexual behavior. The groups did not differ in attainment of pubertal psychosexual milestones.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Poland 1 2%
Unknown 58 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 7 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 7 12%
Student > Bachelor 7 12%
Other 5 8%
Researcher 5 8%
Other 15 25%
Unknown 13 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 17 29%
Psychology 7 12%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 5%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 3%
Social Sciences 2 3%
Other 13 22%
Unknown 15 25%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 June 2024.
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#4,269,410
of 26,153,058 outputs
Outputs from Archives of Sexual Behavior
#1,556
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#8,042
of 103,471 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Archives of Sexual Behavior
#2
of 4 outputs
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