Pregnancy outcomes, embryonic and fetal development in maternal exposure to chinese medicines

Birth Defects Research Part C - Embryo Today: Reviews

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 275-291

  Wang, Chi Chiu ^a   Li, Lu ^a   San Lau, Clara Bik ^a   Leung, Ping Chung ^a   Fung, Kwok Pui ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Development; Embryotoxicity; Herbal medicines; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ALLYLESTRENOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CHINESE DRUG; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MUSK; PLANT EXTRACT; PROGESTERONE; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ACONITI PREPARATA; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANOREXIA; ARISTOLOCHIA; ASPHYXIA; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CALOMELAS; CARABIDAE; CAULIS ERYCIBES; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONSTIPATION; CROTONIS PULVERATUM; CYTOTOXICITY; DAPHNE; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SAFETY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO GROWTH; EMBRYOTOXICITY; EPILEPSY; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIAE KANSUI; FERTILIZATION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS RESORPTION; FETUS WEIGHT; FOLIUM ACONITI; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GASTRULATION; GENOTOXICITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLEDITSIAE ABNORMALIS; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INSOMNIA; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LEECH; LIMB DEFORMITY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICINAL PLANT; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NATRII SULFAS; NAUSEA; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEWBORN DEATH; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PLACENTA PREVIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIX PHYTOLACCAE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REALGAR; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RESINA FERULAE; REVIEW; RHIZOMA CURCUMAE; RHIZOMA SPARGANII; RHODODENDRI MOLLIS; SCOLOPENDRA SUBSPINIPES; SEMEN NIGELLAE; SEMEN PHARBITIDIS; SIDE EFFECT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TERATOGENESIS; TERATOGENICITY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; UTERUS MYOMA; WEIGHT REDUCTION; XEROSTOMIA;

DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOTOXICITY; HERBAL MEDICINES; PREGNANCY;

FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84890360246     PISSN: 1542975X     EISSN: 15429768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrc.21050     Document Type: Review

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