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1
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Most commonly used teratogen

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Ethanol

2
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Ethanol side effects? 3

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  1. Mental retardation
  2. ASD
  3. Head and face abnormalities
3
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Thalidomide effects? 2

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Shortened limbs (phocomelia) (Tha-limb-domide)
Represses WNT pathway
4
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Phenytoin (Dilantin) effects? 4

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  1. Digit hypoplasia
  2. Cleft lip/palate
  3. Microcephaly
  4. Fetal Hydantoin syndrome
5
Q

Methotrexate (folic acid antagonist) 4

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  1. Neural tube defects
  2. Clefts
  3. GU defect
  4. CV defect
6
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Androgens effect? 3

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  1. Low birth weight
  2. Males have longer fourth fingers
  3. Females have longer second finger
7
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Warfarin/Coumadin effect? 3

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  1. Hypoplastic nose
  2. Stippled epiphyses
  3. Eye problems
8
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Accute/Isotetinoin 3

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  1. Face
  2. CNS
  3. CV
9
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ACE inhibitors

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Renal defects

10
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Cocaine 4

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  1. Premature delivery
  2. Placental abruption
  3. ADD
  4. Fetal addiction to cocaine
11
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DES 3

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  1. Vaginal adenosis
  2. Vagina clear cell adenocarcinoma
  3. Mullerian anomalies
12
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Iodine absence 2

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  1. Congenital goiter

2. Hypothyroidism

13
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Maternal diabetes 3

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  1. Fetal hyperinsulinemia
  2. Hypertrophy of pancreatic islets
  3. Fat