A study of the effects of large doses of glutethimide that were used for self-poisoning during pregnancy on human fetuses

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 69-78

  Petik, D ^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

birth weight; cognitive and behavioral deviation; congenital abnormalities; glutethimide; pregnancy age; suicide attempt during pregnancy

Indexed keywords

GLUTETHIMIDE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; AMOBARBITAL; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; MEPROBAMATE; PROMETHAZINE; TARDYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUNGARY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; STATISTICS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; BEHAVIOR; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG OVERDOSE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; PIGEON THORAX; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; SELF POISONING; SIBLING; TERATOGENESIS; TIME PERCEPTION; TOXICOLOGY;

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

ANIMALIA;

EID: 58849157447     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233708089014     Document Type: Article

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