Motherisk Rounds: The Fetal Safety of Benzodiazepines: An Updated Meta-analysis

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 46-48

  Enato, Ehijie ^a,b   Moretti, Myla ^a   Koren, Gideon ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine; Malformation risk; Teratogenicity

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DRUG SAFETY; FETUS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; TERATOGENICITY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FEMALE; META ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW;

BENZODIAZEPINES; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 80455171995     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)34772-7     Document Type: Article

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