Journal article
ANTI-HYPERTENSIVE DRUGS IN PREGNANCY AND FETAL GROWTH: EVIDENCE FOR “PHARMACOLOGICAL PROGRAMMING” IN THE FIRST TRIMESTER?
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To determine the timing and exact nature of the effect of the drug atenolol upon fetal growth. Also to discover if the reduction in fetal growth is due to superimposed pre-eclampsia or any other confounding variable.
DESIGN: A retrospective cohort study of prospectively collected data in a hypertensive pregnancy database.
Authors
Bayliss H; Churchill D; Beevers M; Beevers DG
Journal
Hypertension in Pregnancy, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 161–174
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publication Date
January 2002
DOI
10.1081/prg-120013785
ISSN
1064-1955