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. 2016 Aug;82(2):566-7.
doi: 10.1111/bcp.12979. Epub 2016 May 20.

Paroxetine use during pregnancy and the risk of cardiac defects

Anick Bérard  1 , Sonia Chaabane  1 , Flory T Muanda  1 , Takoua Boukhris  1 , Jinping Zhao  1
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Paroxetine use during pregnancy and the risk of cardiac defects

Anick Bérard et al. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2016 Aug.
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