Open AccessLack of Correlation Between Contraceptive Pills and Down's Syndrome
Author(s) -
Ericson Anders,
Källén Bengt,
Lindsten Jan
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016348309154227
Subject(s) - medicine , pill , family planning , obstetrics , pregnancy , parity (physics) , birth control , oral contraceptive pill , population , developed country , gynecology , pediatrics , research methodology , genetics , physics , environmental health , particle physics , biology , pharmacology
. A case‐control study has been made on the use of oral contraceptives before pregnancy and the birth of an infant with Down's syndrome. Controls were matched for age and parity and selected from the Medical Birth Register. Information on Pill usage was obtained from the Swedish standardized maternity health record which contains dates for when the woman stopped using the Pill and for last menstrual period. There was no indication of any relation between the use of oral contraceptives and Down's syndrome.