Acetaminophen use during pregnancy: is there a problem?

Paige Terrien Church^{1

2}, Erika Werner³, Jonathan M Davis^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neonatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
² Department of Pediatrics, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA. jdavis@tuftsmedicalcenter.org.
⁵ The Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA. jdavis@tuftsmedicalcenter.org.

Paige Terrien Church et al. Pediatr Res. 2024 Jun.

. 2024 Jun;95(7):1677-1679.

doi: 10.1038/s41390-024-03050-5. Epub 2024 Jan 20.

Paige Terrien Church^{1

2}, Erika Werner³, Jonathan M Davis^{4

5}

¹ Department of Neonatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
² Department of Pediatrics, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA. jdavis@tuftsmedicalcenter.org.
⁵ The Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA. jdavis@tuftsmedicalcenter.org.

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