The challenges and continued dilemmas in the treatment and diagnosis of children prenatally exposed to opiates

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 73-76

  Finnegan, L P ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Illicit drugs; Opiate dependent mother; Opiates; Perinatal addiction

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE; METHADONE; OPIATE DERIVATIVE;

AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FETUS WASTAGE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MEDICAL SERVICE; MORBIDITY; NARCOTIC ABSTINENCE SYNDROME; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; OPIATE ADDICTION; PLACENTA DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RELAPSE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVIEW; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 30944451549     PISSN: 17208424     EISSN: 18247288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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