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The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine Volume 25, 2012 - Issue 7
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Letter to the Editor

Intrauterine abstinence syndrome (IAS) during buprenorphine inductions and methadone tapers: can we assure the safety of the fetus?

Hendrée E. JonesRTI International Research Triangle Park, NC, USADepartments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Karol KaltenbachDepartments of Pediatrics, Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Sarah H. HeilDepartments of Psychiatry and Psychology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
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Susan M. StineDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA
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Mara G. CoyleDepartment of Pediatrics, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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Amelia M. ArriaCenter for Young Adult Health and Development, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD, USA
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Kevin E. O’GradyDepartment of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD, USA
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Peter SelbyDepartments of Family and Community Medicine and Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Peter R. MartinDepartments of Psychiatry and Pharmacology and Addiction Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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Lauren JanssonDepartment of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Gabriele FischerMedical University Vienna, Department of Psychiatry & Psychotherapy, Addiction Clinic, Vienna, Austria
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Pages 1197-1201 | Received 22 Oct 2011, Accepted 21 Dec 2011, Published online: 17 Feb 2012

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