A case-control study of maternal periconceptual and pregnancy recreational drug use and fetal malformation using hair analysis.

A case-control study of maternal periconceptual and pregnancy recreational drug use and fetal malformation using hair analysis.

OBJECTIVE: Maternal recreational drug use may be associated with the development of fetal malformations such as gastroschisis, brain and limb defects, the aetiology due to vascular disruption during organogenesis. Using forensic hair analysis we reported evidence of recreational drug use in 18% of w...

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Main Authors: Anna L David, Andrew Holloway, Louise Thomasson, Argyro Syngelaki, Kypros Nicolaides, Roshni R Patel, Brian Sommerlad, Amie Wilson, William Martin, Lyn S Chitty
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4215921?pdf=render

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