SSRIs in Pregnancy -Are they safe?

Pediatric Research

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 424-425

  Koren, Gideon ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; FLUOXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FETUS; FLUOXETINE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SHEEP;

EID: 0036208506     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-200204000-00005     Document Type: Editorial

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