LIMB DEFICIENCY WITH OR WITHOUT MOBIUS SEQUENCE IN 7 BRAZILIAN CHILDREN ASSOCIATED WITH MISOPROSTOL USE IN THE 1ST TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY

Authors
GONZALEZ CH VARGAS FR PEREZ ABA KIM CA BRUNONI D MARQUESDIAS MJ LEONE CR NETO JC LLERENA JC DEALMEIDA JCC
Citation
Ch. Gonzalez et al., LIMB DEFICIENCY WITH OR WITHOUT MOBIUS SEQUENCE IN 7 BRAZILIAN CHILDREN ASSOCIATED WITH MISOPROSTOL USE IN THE 1ST TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY, American journal of medical genetics, 47(1), 1993, pp. 59-64
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity
Journal title
American journal of medical genetics → ACNP
ISSN journal
01487299
Volume
47
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
59 - 64
Database
ISI
SICI code
0148-7299(1993)47:1<59:LDWOWM>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Misoprostol, a synthetic analog of prostaglandin, has been widely used in Brazil as an abortifacient. Abortion is illegal in Brazil. An unce rtain number of these abortion attempts are unsuccessful and the pregn ancy continues. We report on 7 patients whose mothers attempted to abo rt using this drug in the first trimester of gestation without success . The 7 patients presented with limb defects and in 4 of them a diagno sis of Mobius sequence was made. (C) 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.