Reproductive and teratological risks of caffeine.
Because caffeine might be harmful to the fetus, the Food and Drug Administration of the United States recently urged that "pregnant women should avoid caffeine-containing food and drugs, if possible, or consume them sparingly". In this paper, the potential reproductive and teratological risks of caffeine are briefly reviewed.
Nash
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Department of Anatomy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
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D000014:Abnormalities, Drug-Induced; D000818:Animals; D002110:Caffeine / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000633:toxicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy
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