Lack of evidence for neonatal misoprostol neurodevelopmental toxicity in C57BL6/J mice.

Misoprostol is a synthetic analogue of prostaglandin E1 that is administered to women at high doses to induce uterine contractions for early pregnancy termination and at low doses to aid in cervical priming during labor. Because of the known teratogenic effects of misoprostol when given during gesta...

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Main Authors: Claire M Koenig, Cheryl K Walker, Lihong Qi, Isaac N Pessah, Robert F Berman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3374803?pdf=render