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Teratogenic Potential of Some Psychopharmacologic Drugs: A Brief Review
Author(s) -
VanBlerk G. A.,
Majerus T. C.,
Myers R. A. M.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1002/j.1879-3479.1980.tb00312.x
Subject(s) - medicine , drug , fetus , incidence (geometry) , placenta , ingestion , pregnancy , obstetrics , intensive care medicine , pharmacology , genetics , biology , physics , optics
The placenta has been considered a protective barrier between the mother and fetus. Because many drugs pass relatively freely between mother and fetus, the possible causal relationship between drug ingestion and the incidence of birth defects in humans demands critical examination. A brief review of background information about this interaction and an overview of the effects of commonly used drugs are presented.