The role of the pediatrician in preventing congenital malformations

Pediatrics in Review

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 411-421

  Brent, Robert L ^a  

^a NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMINOPTERIN; ANDROGEN; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CAFFEINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; COBALT; COCAINE; COUMARIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FOLIC ACID; LITHIUM CARBONATE; METHOTREXATE; MINOXIDIL; MISOPROSTOL; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PENICILLAMINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; RETINOID; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; THALIDOMIDE; THIAMAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG;

CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DOWN SYNDROME; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; PEDIATRICIAN; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TERATOLOGY;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DOWN SYNDROME; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IODINE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 80053450621     PISSN: 01919601     EISSN: 15263347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/pir.32-10-411     Document Type: Review

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