Pharmacopsychiatry 2006; 39(6): 235
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-951387
Letter

© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Follow-up of a Pregnancy with Risperidone Microspheres

D. Dabbert 1 , M. Heinze 1
  • 1Zentrum für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Klinikum Bremen-Ost, Bremen, Germany
Further Information

Publication History

Received 7. 6. 2006

Accepted 24. 7. 2006

Publication Date:
23 November 2006 (online)

A follow-up of a case of pregnancy with risperidone microspheres is reported. Overall, there was a normal development of the female child during pregnancy and the first 2œ years of her life.

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D. Dabbert

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