A teratogen is anything an individual is exposed to during pregnancy that causes an anomaly or malformation in the fetus. A teratogen can be a drug, chemical, substance, virus, or many other things.

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Background Anticonvulsants have been used to manage psychiatric conditions for over 50 years. It is recognised that some, particularly valproate, carbamazepine and lamotrigine, are human teratogens, ...

However, overall prevalence of exposure to teratogenic medicines is low. (HealthDay News) — Pregnancies resulting from assisted reproductive technology (ART) have a higher prevalence of exposure to ...

What are the Effects of Teratogenic Drugs on the Fetus? Teratogenic drugs can cause birth defects including cleft lip, cleft palate, and organ deformities. Effects of some common teratogenic drugs are ...

DURING a study of the teratogenic effects of heavy metals on mammalian embryos, we have been able to produce severe developmental malformations in golden hamster embryos by the intravenous injection ...

The fundamental initial steps in caring for women of reproductive age who are candidates for teratogenic medications include recognition of a medication as a potential teratogen and assessing a ...

Teratogenic exposures are those that can cause an embryo or fetus to develop abnormally. Several factors determine whether an agent is teratogenic, including the gestational timing of the exposure, as ...

In a recent Birth Defects Research study, United States-based scientists determined that infection with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) during the first trimester of ...

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