Increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes in women receiving zolpidem during pregnancy

Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 369-374

  Wang, L H ^a,b   Lin, H C ^a,b   Lin, C C ^a   Chen, Y H ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZOLPIDEM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INSOMNIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; PYRIDINES; REGISTRIES; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955924019     PISSN: 00099236     EISSN: 15326535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/clpt.2010.97     Document Type: Article

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