Abstract Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF)(CellCept®) is an immunosuppressant drug that is
teratogenic in rats and rabbits. Reports of malformations in 13 offspring of women exposed …

Background The National Birth Defects Prevention Study (NBDPS) is a large population‐
based multicenter case–control study of major birth defects in the United States. Methods …

Quantitative bacteriology was performed on vaginal secretions from healthy adult women.
The analysis included a single sample from 17 college students and 35 samples from five …

BACKGROUND Nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (NVP) occurs in up to 80% of pregnant
women, but its association with birth outcomes is not clear. Several medications are used for …

PURPOSE: To evaluate use of specific antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) in pregnancy in relation to
specific birth defects. METHODS: Using data from the National Birth Defects Prevention …

Laterality defects are also known as defects of embryonic left-right axis patterning or
malposition complexes. They include a spectrum of disorders that range in increasing …

OBJECTIVE: We aimed to examine trends in timing of diagnosis of critical congenital heart
defects (CCHDs) and factors associated with delayed diagnosis (diagnosis after discharge …

OBJECTIVE: We examined whether the use of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs
(NSAIDs) in early pregnancy was associated with a range of structural birth defects. STUDY …

To evaluate the representativeness of controls in an ongoing, population-based, case-
control study of birth defects in 10 centers across the United States, researchers compared …

Clubfoot is a common structural malformation, occurring in approximately 1/1,000 live births.
Previous studies of sociodemographic and pregnancy‐related risk factors have been …