Teratogen, Ecstasy as
1441-1442.) This study was not large enough to prove a link between Ecstasy and birth defects, but these initial findings indicate that Ecstasy should be avoided by pregnant women.
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The anticoagulant warfarin (COUMADIN) is a known teratogen, an agent that can disturb the development of the embryo and fetus and lead to birth defects. Warfarin taken by a woman during pregnancy can cause bleeding into the baby’s brain (cerebral hemorrhage), underdevelopment (hypoplasia) of the baby’s nose and stippling of the ends (the epiphyses) of […]
- Teratogenic
Teratogen and Teratogenic drugs.
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thiouracil/propylthiouracil and carbimazole/methimazole. Cocaine. DES (diethylstilbestrol), a hormone. Thalidomide (Thalomid) which was approved by the FDA for the treatment of a complication of leprosy (erythema nodosum leprosum).
- Teratoma
A type of germ cell tumor that may contain several different types of tissue and sometimes mature elements such as hair, muscle, and bone. Teratomas occur most often in the ovary, testis, and in the sacrococcygeal region (near the tailbone) in children. A teratoma may be benign or malignant.
- Teratoma, ovarian
Also called a dermoid cyst of the ovary, this is a bizarre tumor, usually benign, in the ovary that typically contains a diversity of tissues including hair, teeth, bone, thyroid, etc. A dermoid cyst develops from a totipotential germ cell (a primary oocyte) that is retained within the egg sac (ovary). Being totipotential, that cell […]