A prospective cohort study of pregnancy outcomes of women inadvertently exposed to methylephedrine in the 1st trimester of pregnancy

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 563-566

  Lee, H J ^a   Han, J Y ^a   Yook, J H ^a   Choi, J S ^a   Ahn, H K ^a   Kim, M Y ^a   Song, I O ^a   Yang, J H ^a   Nava Ocampo, A A ^b,c,d  

^a Catholic Kwandong University   (South Korea)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d PharmaReasons Pharmacological Research and Applied Solutions   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bronchial asthma; Common cold; Over the counter drugs; Sympathomimetic agents

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; METHYLEPHEDRINE; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PARACETAMOL; RESPIRATORY TRACT AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMON COLD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH KOREA; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; EPHEDRINE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 77955545549     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: 13646893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01443615.2010.487577     Document Type: Article

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