Thalidomide and misoprostol: Ophthalmologic manifestations and associations both expected and unexpected

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 667-676

  Miller, Marilyn T ^a   Ventura, Liana ^b   Strömland, Kerstin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Hospital de Olhos de Pernambuco   (Brazil)

^c QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aberrant tearing; Anomalous tearing; Autism spectrum disorders; Crocodile tears; Cytotec ; Duane syndrome; Misoprostol; M bius sequence syndrome; Thalidomide

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL; THALIDOMIDE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AUTISM; CHILL; COLOBOMA; CRANIAL NERVE; DIARRHEA; DUANE RETRACTION SYNDROME; EMBRYOPATHY; EPIPHORA; EYE MALFORMATION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEVER; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; MICROPHTHALMIA; MOEBIUS SYNDROME; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL NERVES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EYE ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LACRIMAL APPARATUS DISEASES; MISOPROSTOL; MOBIUS SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; TERATOGENS; THALIDOMIDE;

EID: 68949114237     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20609     Document Type: Review

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