Statins: Beware during pregnancy

Prescrire International

Volumn 15, Issue 81, 2006, Pages 18-19

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Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; CERIVASTATIN; FLUINDOSTATIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; MEVINOLIN; PRAVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; LIMB DEFECT; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SKELETON MALFORMATION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TERATOGENICITY;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 31844441693     PISSN: 11677422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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