THE WAY WOMEN PERCEIVE TERATOGENIC RISK
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TERATOGENIC RISK, WOMEN
Abstract
Because of increased anxieties of drug-induced congenital malformations, women and physician alike fear drug therapy in pregnancy even in life-threatening situations. The goal of counseling women on their teratogenic risk is to present to them an accurate, up-to-date estimate of their benefit to risk ratio. However, the same data may be received and interpreted very differently by different patients, leading them to individual conclusions and finally to the decision to continue or terminate pregnancy.
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