Teratology
Teratogens are substances that may cause non-heritable birth defects via a toxic effect on an embryo or fetus. Defects include ... Understanding how a teratogen causes its effect is not only important in preventing congenital abnormalities but also has the ... Thalidomide is a teratogen known to be significantly detrimental to organ and limb development during embryogenesis. It has ... The extent to which teratogens will impact an embryo is dependent on several factors, such as how long the embryo has been ...
ATNAA
Landauer W (February 1977). "Cholinomimetic teratogens. V. The effect of oximes and related cholinesterase reactivators". ...
Phocomelia
"Pharmaceutical Teratogens". Teratology Society-Birth Defects Research. 8 December 2007. Archived May 7, 2010, at the Wayback ...
Embryology
The outside contributors causing disruptions are known as teratogens. Common teratogens are alcohol, retinoic acid, ionizing ... "Retinoids as Teratogens". Annual Review of Nutrition. 15 (1): 111-132. doi:10.1146/annurev.nu.15.070195.000551. ISSN 0199-9885 ...
Anazocine
It is listed by some sources as a teratogen. The structure and properties of several related α- and β-azabicyclane opioids was ... "Purdue University - Teratogens". Archived from the original on 2016-02-15. Retrieved 2016-03-01. Froimowitz, Mark; Salva, P; ...
Birth defect
Teratogen-caused birth defects are potentially preventable. Nearly 50% of pregnant women have been exposed to at least one ... During pregnancy, a woman can also be exposed to teratogens from contaminated clothing or toxins within the seminal fluid of a ... Nitrate, which is found mostly in drinking water from ground sources, is a powerful teratogen. A case-control study in rural ... This led many people in the area to develop what became known as the "Minamata disease". Because methylmercury is a teratogen, ...
Mutagen
Hill, John; McCreary, John (2019). "22.6 Carcinogens and Teratogens". Chemistry for Changing Times (15 ed.). Pearson. doi: ...
Maternal health
A teratogen is "any agent that can potentially cause a birth defect or negatively alter cognitive and behavioral outcomes." ... "Teratogens/Prenatal Substance Abuse". Understanding Genetics: A District of Columbia Guide for Patients and Health ... Dose, genetic susceptibility, and time of exposure are all factors for the extent of the effect of a teratogen on an embryo or ... and/or the fetus is exposed to teratogen(s), the child is more likely to experience health or developmental difficulties, or ...
Environmental toxicants and fetal development
"Specific Association of Teratogen and Toxicant Metals in Hair of Newborns with Congenital Birth Defects or Developmentally ... Teratogens are classified in four main categories: Drugs in pregnancy - in addition to environmental chemicals, includes ... "teratogen". dictionary.com. Retrieved 4 October 2013. Daftary, Shirish; Chakravarti, Sudip (2011). Manual of Obstetrics, 3rd ... Toxic substances that are capable of causing structural congenital abnormalities can be termed teratogens. They are agents ...
Pregnancy
Anything (including drugs) that can cause permanent deformities in the fetus are labeled as teratogens. In the U.S., drugs were ... Teratology, Teratogens, and Fetotoxic Agents". William's Obstetrics. McGraw-Hill Education. ISBN 978-0-07-179893-8. Archived ... Genetic Alliance; The New England Public Health Genetics Education Collaborative (17 February 2010). "Appendix A: Teratogens/ ...
Lead(IV) chloride
Lead compounds are also teratogens. "Lead compounds: Lead Tetrachloride". WebElements.com. Retrieved 10 October 2012. Greenwood ...
Cancer epigenetics
Many teratogens exert specific effects on the fetus by epigenetic mechanisms. While epigenetic effects may preserve the effect ... Bishop JB, Witt KL, Sloane RA (December 1997). "Genetic toxicities of human teratogens". Mutation Research. 396 (1-2): 9-43. ... of a teratogen such as diethylstilbestrol throughout the life of an affected child, the possibility of birth defects resulting ...
Diphenylamine (data page)
Possible teratogen. Harmful in contact with skin, and if swallowed or inhaled. Irritant. Toxicity data ORL-RAT LD50 2000 mg kg- ...
Alcohol abuse
Batra, S.; Wrigley, ECW (April 2005). "Alcohol: The teratogen". Obstetrics & Gynecology. 25 (3): 308-309. doi:10.1080/ ...
Beatrice Trum Hunter
The book examines carcinogens, substances which can produce cancer; teratogens, substances which can cause congenital ...
Isotretinoin
... is a teratogen; there is about a 20-35% risk for congenital defects in infants exposed to the drug in utero, and ... Isotretinoin is a teratogen highly likely to cause birth defects if taken by women during pregnancy or even a short time before ...
Genetic history of the Arab world
avoidance of teratogens (infections such as toxoplasmosis, drugs); prenatal screening by maternal serum markers in first ...
Solasodine
ISBN 978-0-207-14228-4. Kinghorn, A.D. (2010). "Toxins and Teratogens of the Solanaceae and Liliaceae". Toxic plants. Society ...
Encephalocele
Research has indicated that teratogens (substances known to cause birth defects), trypan blue (a stain used to color dead ... Sulik, K; Cook, C (1988). ""Teratogens and craniofacial malformations: relationships to cell death"". Development. 103: 213-31 ...
Neural crest
Cerrizuela, Santiago; Vega‐Lopez, Guillermo A.; Aybar, Manuel J. (2020-01-11). "The role of teratogens in neural crest ... they arise because of genetic defects affecting the formation of neural crest and because of the action of Teratogens ...
Mutant
Chemicals that cause developmental abnormalities are called teratogens; these may also cause mutations, but their effect on ...
Neurocristopathy
"The role of teratogens in neural crest development". Birth Defects Research. 112 (8): 584-632. doi:10.1002/bdr2.1644. ISSN 2472 ...
Coniine
Human and Food Animal Teratogens" (PDF). Food and Chemical Toxicology. 50 (6): 2049-2055. doi:10.1016/j.fct.2012.03.049. PMID ...
Causes of autism
All known teratogens appear to act during the first eight weeks from conception, and though this does not exclude the ... Teratogens are environmental agents that cause birth defects. Some agents that are theorized to cause birth defects have also ... Dufour-Rainfray D, Vourc'h P, Tourlet S, Guilloteau D, Chalon S, Andres CR (April 2011). "Fetal exposure to teratogens: ...
Linear no-threshold model
Castronovo FP (August 1999). "Teratogen update: radiation and Chernobyl". Teratology. 60 (2): 100-6. doi:10.1002/(sici)1096- ...
Tellurium dioxide
TeO2 is a possible teratogen. Exposure to tellurium compounds produces a garlic-like odour on the breath, caused by the ...
Lithium
Yacobi S; Ornoy A (2008). "Is lithium a real teratogen? What can we conclude from the prospective versus retrospective studies ...
Ebstein's anomaly
Yacobi S, Ornoy A (2008). "Is lithium a real teratogen? What can we conclude from the prospective versus retrospective studies ...
Timeline of young people's rights in the United Kingdom
2009) Autism: The Teratogen Fallout. Toronto: Free Press 777. Rights are needed for children with autism regarding training and ... Autism - the Teratogen Fallout Child Advocacy Documents - Worldwide Peter Higginbotham's history of the workhouse Andrew ...
Chernobyl disaster
Castronovo, Frank P. (1999). "Teratogen update: Radiation and chernobyl". Teratology. 60 (2): 100-106. doi:10.1002/(sici)1096- ...