A study of the potential teratogenic effects of large doses of drugs rarely used for a suicide attempt during pregnancy

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-131

  Timmermann, G ^a   Acs N ^a   Banhidy F ^a   Czeizel, Ae ^b  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

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

Author keywords

congenital abnormalities; different drugs; suicide attempt during pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMINOPHENAZONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTINEURALGICA; BELLADONNA ALKALOID; BROMHEXINE; CAFFEINE; CARBROMAL; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CYPROHEPTADINE; DIAZEPAM; DIPYRONE; DISULFIRAM; EPHEDRINE; ERGOTAMINE; FOLIC ACID; KEFALGIN; LEVOMEPROMAZINE; MEPROBAMATE; METOPROLOL; NICOTINE; NITRAZEPAM; PHENACETIN; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PROMETHAZINE; SPIRONOLACTONE; TERBUTALINE; THENALIDINE; THIETHYLPERAZINE; THIETHYLPERAZINE MALEATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VISKALDIX;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG OVERDOSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FETOTOXICITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; SELF POISONING; SOCIAL STATUS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TERATOGENESIS; TIME PERCEPTION; TOXICOLOGY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; INTOXICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; STATISTICS;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; INFANT, NEWBORN; POISONING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 58849146322     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233708089002     Document Type: Article

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