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Cyclophosphamide in Pregnancy *
Author(s) -
Coates Alan
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1970.tb03304.x
Subject(s) - cyclophosphamide , pregnancy , medicine , umbilical hernia , nephrotic syndrome , obstetrics , gynecology , hernia , surgery , chemotherapy , biology , genetics
Summary: Cyclophosphamide was given to a young woman with nephrotic syndrome, and was inadvertently continued until the eighth week of her pregnancy. The baby had only two minor malformations; an umbilical hernia and a cutaneous haemangioma, which were probably not due to the cyclophosphamide.