Severe apnea in an infant exposed to lamotrigine in breast milk

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1893-1897

  Nordmo, Elisabet ^a   Aronsen, Lena ^a   Wasland, Kristin ^b   Småbrekke, Lars ^c   Vorren, Solveig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b NLSH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Breast milk; Breast feeding; Lamotrigine; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

LAMOTRIGINE;

APNEA; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CASE REPORT; CYANOSIS; DIPLOPIA; DIZZINESS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NAUSEA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; RESUSCITATION;

ADULT; APNEA; BREAST FEEDING; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; PREGNANCY; TRIAZINES;

EID: 70449713869     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1M254     Document Type: Article

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