No association between severe constipation with related drug treatment in pregnant women and congenital abnormalities in their offspring: A population-based case-control study

Congenital Anomalies

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-20

  Ács, Nándor ^a   Bánhidy, Ferenc ^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 abnormality; Constipation during pregnancy; Maternal effect; Related treatment

Indexed keywords

HEMORID; LAXATIVE; PHENOLPHTHALEIN; REPARON; SENNA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAXATIVES; PHENOLPHTHALEIN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; REGISTRIES; SENNA EXTRACT; TERATOGENS;

SENNA;

EID: 77649196889     PISSN: 09143505     EISSN: 17414520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-4520.2009.00252.x     Document Type: Article

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