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Epidemiological surveillance of birth defects compatible with thalidomide embryopathy in Brazil.

PloS one - 1 Jan 2011

Vianna Fernanda Sales Luiz, Lopez-Camelo Jorge S, Leite Júlio César Louguercio, Sanseverino Maria Teresa Vieira, Dutra Maria da Graça, Castilla Eduardo E, Schüler-Faccini Lavínia

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The thalidomide tragedy of the 1960s resulted in thousands of children being born with severe limb reduction defects (LRD), among other malformations. In Brazil, there are still babies born with thalidomide embryopathy (TE) because of leprosy prevalence, availability of thalidomide, and deficiencies in the control of drug dispensation. Our objective was to implement a system of proactive surveillance to identify...

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PMID: 21754997
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021735
PMCID: PMC3130769

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