The safety of baclofen in pregnancy: Intrathecal therapy in multiple sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 571-572

  Dalton, Catherine M ^a   Keenan, Elizabeth ^a   Jarrett, Louise ^a   Buckley, Lisa ^a   Stevenson, Valerie L ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baclofen; Multiple sclerosis; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BACLOFEN; CEPHALOSPORIN; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INFANT; INFUSION PUMP; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE SPASM; PREGNANCY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; BACLOFEN; FEMALE; GABA AGONISTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 46749149299     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458507085552     Document Type: Article

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