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DOWN'S SYNDROME AND ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE USAGE
Author(s) -
Janerich D. T.,
Flink E. M.,
Keogh M. D.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1976.tb00898.x
Subject(s) - pill , medicine , pregnancy , obstetrics , family planning , oral contraceptive pill , oral contraception , population , gynecology , research methodology , genetics , environmental health , pharmacology , biology
Summary We examined the history of oral contraceptive usage in a group of 103 mothers of infants with Down's syndrome and an equal number of matched normal controls. We found no evidence of increased pill use among mothers of the abnormal infants either during the pregnancy or in the year before pregnancy.