Safety of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors in Pregnancy: A Review of Current Evidence

CNS Drugs

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 499-515

  Alwan, Sura ^a   Friedman, Jan M ^a   Chambers, Christina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; ESCITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AUTISM; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PERSISTENT PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TERATOGENICITY; ANIMAL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS;

EID: 84965050415     PISSN: 11727047     EISSN: 11791934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40263-016-0338-3     Document Type: Review

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