O renascimento de um fármaco: talidomida The rebirth of a drug: thalidomide

<abstract language="eng">Thalidomide, first synthesized in 1953, was widely prescribed for morning sickness of pregnant women from 1957 to 1961, when it was found to be seriously teratogenic, having caused serious birth defect. Nowadays, a quarter of a century later, it appears that...

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Main Authors: Lídia Moreira Lima, Carlos Alberto Manssour Fraga, Eliezer J. Barreiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2001-10-01
Series:Química Nova
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422001000500016