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Cocaine use by pregnant women has a variety of effects on the embryo and fetus, ranging from various gastro-intestinal and cardiac defects to tissue death from insufficient blood supply. Thus, cocaine has been termed a teratogen, or an agent that causes defects in fetuses during prenatal development.
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Contributors
- Zhang, Mark (Author)
- Tantibanchachai, Chanapa (Author)
- Moeller, Karla T. (Editor)
- Arizona State University. School of Life Sciences. Center for Biology and Society. Embryo Project Encyclopedia. (Publisher)
- Arizona Board of Regents (Publisher)
Date Created
The date the item was original created (prior to any relationship with the ASU Digital Repositories.)
2013-10-17
Subjects
- Cocaine
- Cocaine abuse
- Pregnancy
- Embryos
- fetus
- Teratogenic agents
- Human embryo
- Central Nervous System
- fetal development
- Fetal Growth
- Birth Defects
- Fetus--Abnormalities
- Embryology
- Cell differentiation
- Drug Abuse
- Illegal Drugs
- Teratogens
- Abnormalities, Drug-Induced
- Reproduction
- Cocaine Hydrochloride
- Crack Cocaine
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