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A Barrier to Understanding Teratogenicity: The Critical Periods of Sensitivity for Most Structural Birth Defects Precede the Established Hemochorial Placenta

open access: yesBirth Defects Research, Volume 117, Issue 10, October 2025.
ABSTRACT Background Teratogens and other environmental factors influence human birth defect risk, but our understanding of how they reach the developing conceptus is surprisingly limited. The placenta is often invoked as a key mediator of teratogenicity by acting as a physical barrier that can block or regulate the transfer of harmful substances to the
Matthew A. Nangle   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Long-term significant seasonal differences in the numbers of new-borns with an orofacial cleft in the Czech Republic – a retrospective study

open access: yesBMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2018
Background Choosing the optimal season for conception is a part of family planning since it can positively influence the pregnancy outcome. Changes in the monthly number of infants born with a birth defect can signal prenatal damage - death or ...
Miroslav Peterka   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The First Gynandromorph of Stonefly From China (Plecoptera: Leuctridae)

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 10, October 2025.
The distribution of Paraleuctra cercia (Okamoto, 1922) in China is confirmed. A gynandromorph of P. cercia is discovered as the first report of a stonefly species for the country. ABSTRACT The distribution of Paraleuctra cercia (Okamoto, 1922) in China is confirmed based on a recent collection from Heilongjiang Province, northeastern China.
Xiao Yang, Qing‐Bo Huo, Yu‐Zhou Du
wiley   +1 more source

Teratogenicity of Carbamazepine

open access: yesPediatric Neurology Briefs, 2001
The teratogenic risk after first trimester exposure to carbamazepine was determined from 210 pregnancies followed prospectively at the Israeli Teratogen Information Service, and Laboratory of Teratology, Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, and ...
J Gordon Millichap
doaj   +1 more source

Biological Revaluation of Naturalistic Collections in Teratology

open access: yesJournal of Biological Research, 2003
Since very ancient times, there has been a significant interest in “monstruous” human beings 1-2.Also, this interest has led to the ancestors of modern scientific museums: the Chambers of Wonders.
L. Ferrari   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Risk Assessment for Developmental Toxicity: Airborne Occupational Exposure to Ethanol and Iodine [PDF]

open access: yes, 1991
Dean Mattison explains hazard identification, hazard characterization and exposure characterization as furnishing a foundation for Risk assessment generally. He then illustrates their application in assessing the fetal Risk posed by two common substances.
Mattison, Donald R.
core   +1 more source

The Presence and Consequences of Abortion Aversion in Scientific Research Related to Alcohol Use during Pregnancy. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Recent research has found that most U.S. state policies related to alcohol use during pregnancy adversely impact health. Other studies indicate that state policymaking around substance use in pregnancy-especially in the U.S.-appears to be influenced by ...
Roberts, Sarah CM
core   +2 more sources

Inferring the developmental basis of the sea star abnormality "double ambulacral groove" (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) Inferencia sobre la base de desarrollo en estrellas de mar de la anormalidad "doble surco ambulacral" (Echinodermata: Asteroidea)

open access: yesRevista Chilena de Historia Natural, 2000
Very rarely a ray of a sea star is unusually wide and has two parallel ambulacral grooves that extend to a single tip. Such a ray has two terminal plates that are coalesced laterally.
FREDERICK H C HOTCHKISS
doaj  

Cleft Palate in Infants Exposed to Lamotrigine During Pregnancy

open access: yesPediatric Neurology Briefs, 2008
Infants with major malformations bom to 791 women who had taken lamotrigine as monotherapy during the first trimester of pregnancy, and had enrolled in the North American AED Pregnancy Registry, were identified in a study at the Genetics and Teratology ...
J Gordon Millichap
doaj   +1 more source

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