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Inadvertent antibiotic exposure during pregnancy may increase the risk for neural tube defects in offspring
1 Apr 2024
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BACKGROUND: As emerging environmental contaminants, antibiotics pose potential threats to human health, in particular to pregnant women and infants. However, the potential harm of inadvertent antibiotic exposure (IAE) is often disregarded in light of the focus on intentional antibiotic use during pregnancy. Currently, little is known about the effects of IAE during pregnancy on fetal neural tube development....
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