Oral contraceptives during pregnancy and fetal chromosome findings

Weise, W.

Zentralblatt für Gynakologie 97(22): 1390-1393

1975


ISSN/ISBN: 0044-4197
PMID: 1202867
Document Number: 85188
Chromosome studies of 7 fetuses of mothers who had taken Ovosiston o r Sequence-ovosiston for 4-8 weeks in early pregnancy are reported. Car yotypes were normal (XX in 3 cases, XY in 2 cases) in 5 fetuses. In 2 cases, however, XO/XX caryotypes were observed. Although this group is too small to permit definite conclusions, it emphasizes the need for long-range cytogenetic studies on the effects of oral contraceptives on the zygote, embryo, and post-embryonic development.

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