Prospective assessment of pregnancy outcome following first trimester exposure to benzodiazepines

Canadian Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 167-171

  Pastuszak, Anne ^b   Milich, Vanessa ^b   Chan, Shirley ^b   Chu, John ^b   Koren, Gideon ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Benzodiazepines; Fetus; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BROMAZEPAM; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CLONAZEPAM; FLURAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; NITRAZEPAM; OXAZEPAM; TEMAZEPAM; TRIAZOLAM;

ABORTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLEFT LIP; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORGANOGENESIS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0030466441     PISSN: 1198581X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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