Sertraline and breastfeeding: review and meta-analysis

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 139-146

  Pinheiro, Emily ^a   Bogen, Debra L ^b   Hoxha, Denada ^a   Ciolino, Jody D ^a   Wisner, Katherine L ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Perinatal mental health; Postpartum depression; Sertraline

Indexed keywords

NORSERTRALINE; SERTRALINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MATERNAL SERUM; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; BLOOD; BREAST MILK; CHEMISTRY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; INFANT; LACTATION; METABOLISM;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BREAST FEEDING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LACTATION; MILK, HUMAN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SERTRALINE;

EID: 84925487211     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: 14351102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-015-0499-y     Document Type: Review

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