Risk of pre-term births and major birth defects resulting from paternal intake of COVID-19 medications prior to conception

Risk of pre-term births and major birth defects resulting from paternal intake of COVID-19 medications prior to conception

Abstract Objective With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, large numbers of people will receive one of the several medications proposed to treat COVID-19, including patients of reproductive age. Given that some medications have shown adverse effects on sperm quality, there might be a transgenerational c...

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Main Authors: Silvia Rizzi, Maarten J. Wensink, Rune Lindahl-Jacobsen, Lu Tian, Ying Lu, Michael L. Eisenberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-11-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
Subjects:
COVID-19
Paternal reproductive safety
Pharmacological treatment
Pre-term birth
Congenital malformation
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-020-05358-x

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