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Meclizine in pregnancy in relation to congenital malformations.

Year: 1978

Type: article

Abstract: Meclizine in pregnancy in relation to congenital malformationsThe suspicion that meclizine hydrochloride, an antinauseant, might cause birth defects, particularly clefts, was first raised in 1962.1 Since then, the drug has been reported to be teratogenic in animals,2 and conflicting reports have been published concerning its possible human teratogenicity.2

Source: BMJ

DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.6111.483

Authors: S Shapiro, D W Kaufman, L Rosenberg, D Slone, R R Monson, V Siskind, O P Heinonen

Institutions: Boston University, Boston Medical Center, Harvard University, The University of Queensland, Johns Hopkins University Press, Académie des sciences

Language: English

Topic: Pregnancy and Medication Impact

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: Brown University, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Minnesota, Johns Hopkins University, University of Oregon

OpenAlex ID: W2074337589

FWCI: 1.634

Cites: 3

Cited by: 18

Related to: 10