Detoxification from opiates during pregnancy: stressing the fetal brain

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 215, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 670.e1-670.e2

  McCarthy, John J ^a   Terplan, Mishka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; OPIATE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ANXIETY; DETOXIFICATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FETAL BRAIN; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LETTER; MATERNAL STRESS; MEDICAL CARE; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASOCONSTRICTION; BRAIN; FEMALE; OPIATE ADDICTION;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; OPIATE ALKALOIDS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84977483680     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2016.05.041     Document Type: Letter

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