Retinoic Acid Embryopathy

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 313, Issue 14, 1985, Pages 837-841

  Lammer, Edward J ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Chen, Diane T ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Hoar, Richard M ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Agnish, Narsingh D ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Benke, Paul J ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Braun, John T ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Curry, Cynthia J ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Fernhoff, Paul M ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Grix, Art W ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Lott, Ira T ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Richard, James M ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Sun, Shyan C ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b HOFFMANN LA ROCHE INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Valley Children's Hospital Fresno County   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^h CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTRETINOIN; RETINOIC ACID;

ABORTION; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; BONE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHEMICAL TERATOGENESIS; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; DRUG THERAPY; EMBRYO; EMBRYOPATHY; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HEART; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROPATHY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TERATOGENICITY; THERAPY; THYMUS;

EID: 0022260109     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198510033131401     Document Type: Article

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