Overview

The most comprehensive one-volume guide of its kind, this indispensable reference work presents information on teratogenic agents in a ready-reference format. The revised and expanded twelfth edition contains approximately three hundred new entries - including one hundred newly listed agents and developmental genes that cause syndromes or congenital defects. Also included are overviews of recent literature on clinical and experimental teratology, including important Japanese literature not easily available to English-language researchers. As in previous editions, this volume emphasizes human data and covers pharmaceuticals, chemicals, environmental pollutants, food additives, household products, and viruses. A special effort has been made to obtain as much information as possible on drugs and other agents to which pregnant women should not be exposed. Substances are listed alphabetically and each entry briefly summarizes research procedures and results. In addition, a complete list of references is included for each agent.

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A book that is familiar to many teratologists and should be familiar to all... The first edition of the catalog was a noble achievement and the subsequent editions have each embodied major improvements. - Teratology A useful and exhaustive key to the literature. - Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association High quality, well indexed, and up-to-date... I would recommend this book for its breadth of entries and clarity of presentation. - Journal of Medical Genetics

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Thomas H. Shepard, M.D., is a professor emeritus of pediatrics and former head of the Central Laboratory for Human Embryology at the University of Washington. Ronald J. Lemire, M.D., is a professor in the division of genetics and developmental medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine.

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