Teratologic evaluation of 178 infants born to mothers who attempted suicide by drugs during pregnancy

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 195-201

  Czeizel, Andrew E ^a,a,b   Tomcsik, Mariann ^a   Tímár, László ^a  

^a National Institute of Public Health Budapest   (Hungary)

^b OKI National Institute for Public Education Budapest   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMINOPHENAZONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; BELLADONNA ALKALOID; CAFFEINE; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; DIAZEPAM; DISULFIRAM; ERGOTAMINE; FOLIC ACID; LEVOMEPROMAZINE; MEPROBAMATE; NITRAZEPAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TERATOLOGY;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMANS; HUNGARY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POISONING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 0030792913     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(97)00216-0     Document Type: Article

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