No association between vulvovaginitis-bacterial vaginosis, related drug treatments of pregnant women, and congenital abnormalities in their offspring - A population-based case-control study

Central European Journal of Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 332-340

  Ács, Nándor ^a   Bánhidy, Ferenc ^a   Puhó, Erzsébet H ^b   Czeizel, Andrew E ^a,b  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

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

Author keywords

Congenital abnormalities; Population based case control study; Vulvovaginitis bacterial vaginosis

Indexed keywords

ALLYLESTRENOL; AMINOPHYLLINE; AMPICILLIN; CLOTRIMAZOLE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIAZEPAM; DIPYRONE; DROTAVERINE; MAGNESIUM; METRONIDAZOLE; NITROFURANTOIN; PENAMECILLIN; PHOLEDRINE; PROMETHAZINE; TERBUTALINE;

ADULT; ANUS ATRESIA; ARTICLE; CLEFT LIP PALATE; CLUBFOOT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; EYE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FETUS; GASTROSCHISIS; GENITAL MALFORMATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; HYPOSPADIAS; INTESTINE ATRESIA; INTESTINE STENOSIS; LIMB MALFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROCEPHALY; MOTHER; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLAND SYNDROME; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PYLORUS STENOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UMBILICAL HERNIA; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; VAGINITIS; VULVOVAGINITIS;

EID: 47249100241     PISSN: 18951058     EISSN: 16443640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11536-008-0027-9     Document Type: Article

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