Congential Abnormalities in Newborns with Fetal Cocaine Exposure • 361
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The search for congenital malformations in newborns with fetal cocaine exposure.
CONTEXT The association between prenatal cocaine exposure and congenital anomalies is not definitive. OBJECTIVE To determine whether prenatal cocaine exposure results in an increased number or identifiable pattern of abnormalities. DESIGN A prospective, longitudinal cohort enrolled between 1991 and 1993. SETTING Rural public health population delivering at a regional tertiary medical cent...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Research
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0031-3998,1530-0447
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199804001-00382