Preterm birth and antidepressant medication use during pregnancy: A systematic review and meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Huybrechts, Krista F ^a   Sanghani, Reesha Shah ^b   Avorn, Jerry ^a   Urato, Adam C ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG USE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATION PERIOD; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MATERNAL TREATMENT; META ANALYSIS; PARITY; PREMATURE LABOR; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENTAL DISORDERS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH;

EID: 84899977008     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092778     Document Type: Article

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