New cases of thalidomide embryopathy in Brazil

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 671-672

  Schuler Faccini, Lavinia ^a   Soares, Rosa Castalia Franca ^b   De Sousa, Artur Custodio Moreira ^c   Maximino, Claudia ^d   Luna, Expedito ^b   Schwartz, Ida Vanessa Doderlein ^a,e   Waldman, Carolina ^b   Castilla, Eduardo Enrique ^f  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

^c Movement for the Reintegration of People Affected by Hanseniasis (Morhan)   (Brazil)

^d Divisão de Informação e Pesquisa da Associação Brasileira de Síndrome de Rett de São Paulo Abre Te   (Brazil)

^e Residence Program in Genetics   (Brazil)

^f INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Phocomelia; Teratogenesis; Thalidomide

Indexed keywords

THALIDOMIDE;

AGENESIS; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENCY; EMBRYO; EMBRYOPATHY; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM LEPROSUM; FEMALE; FINGER MALFORMATION; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOT MALFORMATION; HUMAN; LUNG HYPOPLASIA; MALE; NEWBORN; OFF LABEL DRUG USE; PHOCOMELIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TERATOGENESIS; URINARY TRACT MALFORMATION;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIMB DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; TERATOGENS; THALIDOMIDE; TWINS;

EID: 34848836122     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20384     Document Type: Article

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