A population-based case-control teratologic study of promethazine use during pregnancy

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 276-285

  Bártfai, Zoltán ^a   Kocsis, Judit ^a   Puhó, Erzsébet H ^b   Czeizel, Andrew E ^b  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b FOUNDATION FOR THE COMMUNITY CONTROL OF HEREDITARY DISEASES   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Case control study; Congenital abnormalities; Pregnancy; Promethazine; Recall bias

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALLYLESTRENOL; AMINOPHYLLINE; AMPICILLIN; CLOTRIMAZOLE; DIAZEPAM; DIMENHYDRINATE; DIPYRONE; DROTAVERINE; MAGNESIUM; METRONIDAZOLE; PENAMECILLIN; PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; PHOLEDRINE; PROMETHAZINE; TERBUTALINE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANUS ATRESIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOTOXICITY; CLEFT LIP PALATE; CLEFT PALATE; CLUBFOOT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; ECLAMPSIA; EDEMA; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; EYE TOXICITY; FEMALE; FETUS; GASTROSCHISIS; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOSPADIAS; IMMINENT ABORTION; INFANT; INTESTINE ATRESIA; INTESTINE STENOSIS; KIDNEY MALFORMATION; LIMB DEFECT; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROCEPHALY; NAUSEA; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; PLACENTA DISORDER; PLACENTA PREVIA; POLYDACTYLY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREMATURE LABOR; PROLONGED PREGNANCY; PROTEINURIA; PYLORUS STENOSIS; RECALL BIAS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKELETON MALFORMATION; SYNDACTYLY; TERATOGENICITY; TERATOLOGY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UMBILICAL HERNIA; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE; VOMITING;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROMETHAZINE;

EID: 39749178287     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2007.12.006     Document Type: Article

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