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Diagnostic implications of drug‐fetus interactions
Author(s) -
Hirschhorn Kurt
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.941
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1532-6535
pISSN - 0009-9236
DOI - 10.1002/cpt1973144part2748
Subject(s) - fetus , amniocentesis , drug , genetics , chromosome , biology , gene , medicine , pregnancy , prenatal diagnosis , pharmacology
Deleterious effects on the fetus can be classified as teratogenic, mutagenic at single gene loci, and mutagenic as expressed by chromosome damage. Possible damage caused by amniocentesis is now under study. Effects of drugs on the fetus may extend over several generations.