Seizure and electroencephalographic changes in the newborn period induced by opiates and corrected by naloxone infusion

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 120-123

  Da Silva, Orlando ^a   Alexandrou, Dionysios ^a,b   Knoppert, David ^a   Young, G Bryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; SEIZURE;

BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; SEIZURES;

EID: 0033084806     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7200145     Document Type: Article

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