Maternal Use of Oral Contraceptives During Early Pregnancy and Risk of Hypospadias in Male Offspring

Urology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 583-587

  Nørgaard, Mette ^a   Wogelius, Pia ^a   Pedersen, Lars ^a   Rothman, Kenneth J ^b   Sørensen, Henrik T ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RISK FACTOR;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOSPADIAS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 69249203561     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.04.034     Document Type: Article

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