Benign neonatal sleep myoclonus in newborn infants of opioid dependent mothers

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-73

  Held Egli, Katrin ^a   Rüegger, Christoph ^a   Das Kundu, Seema ^a   Schmitt, Bernhard ^b   Bucher, Hans Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Narcotics; Newborn infants; Sleep myoclonus; Substance withdrawal syndrome

Indexed keywords

CHLORPROMAZINE; MORPHINE; PHENOBARBITAL;

ARTICLE; BENIGN NEONATAL SLEEP MYOCLONUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MYOCLONUS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; OPIATE ADDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDER; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; APGAR SCORE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL WELFARE; ODDS RATIO; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PARASOMNIAS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 57449112747     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.01010.x     Document Type: Article

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