An evaluation of data for 10 children born to mothers who attempted suicide by taking large doses of alprazolam during pregnancy

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 53-60

  Gidai, J ^a   Acs N ^b   Banhidy F ^b   Czeizel, Ae ^a  

^a FOUNDATION FOR THE COMMUNITY CONTROL OF HEREDITARY DISEASES   (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

alprazolam; birth weight; cognitive and behavioral development; congenital abnormalities; pregnancy age; suicide attempt during pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; AMOBARBITAL; GLUTETHIMIDE; PROMETHAZINE; TARDYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; FETOTOXICITY; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FUNNEL CHEST; GASTROSCHISIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; MALE; MOTHER; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; SELF POISONING; SIBLING; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TIME PERCEPTION; TOXICOLOGY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; INFANT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPRAZOLAM; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; HUNGARY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58849100558     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233708089017     Document Type: Article

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