Maternal narcotic abuse and the newborn.
Open Access
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 63 (1) , 81-83
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.63.1.81
Abstract
In 50 infants born to women who continued to take heroin during all or part of their pregnancy the drug withdrawal symptoms were mild and were noted in 21 infants (42%). Only nine infants required treatment. Sudden infant death syndrome occurred in two infants at 4 and 6 months.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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