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Comment
. 2018 Jul;84(7):1626-1627.
doi: 10.1111/bcp.13581. Epub 2018 Apr 16.

Antibiotics and risk for birth defects

Sarah C Tinker  1 , Krista S Crider  1 , Elizabeth C Ailes  1
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Antibiotics and risk for birth defects

Sarah C Tinker et al. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2018 Jul.
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Keywords: antibiotics; birth defects; epidemiology.

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