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Antifungal medication use during pregnancy and the risk of selected major birth defects in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study, 1997-2011.

Eleni A PapadopoulosMeredith M HowleySarah C FisherAlissa R Van ZutphenMartha M WerlerPaul A RomittiMarilyn L Brownenull null
Published in: Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety (2023)
First-trimester antifungal use was positively associated with several birth defects in our analysis, although CIs were imprecise. Further study is warranted to investigate associations between antifungal use and birth defects, including potential bias due to confounding by indication.
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