Fetal Disease

Study findings on fetal disease are outlined in reports from G.S. Ang and colleagues

Published in Women's Health Weekly, October 30th, 2008

According to a study from Scotland, "Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) is an immunosuppressive agent that has now been recognized as teratogenic in humans. A pattern of malformations from in utero exposure to MMF has recently been described, and includes cleft lip and palate, microtia and atresia of the extremal auditory canal."

"We present a nulliparous mother who had taken MMF for recurrent erythema multiforme for the first 5 weeks of her pregnancy, and developed a spontaneous miscarriage during the seventh week of pregnancy. For her second pregnancy, she tool MMF on her own accord for four days in the seventh week after her last menstrual period. The newborn had bilateral...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-10-30)

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