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The anti-acne medicine isotretinoin, which can cause defects in a developing fetus, is now used by almost 2 in 1,000 girls and women of childbearing age, according to analysis of German database of 25 million

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January 25, 2024
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The anti-acne medicine isotretinoin, which can cause defects in a developing fetus, is now used by almost 2 in 1,000 girls and women of childbearing age, according to analysis of German database of 25 million

The anti-acne medicine isotretinoin, which can cause defects in a developing fetus, is now used by almost 2 in 1,000 girls and women of childbearing age, according to analysis of German database of 25 million

Credit: Reinold J, et al., 2024, PLOS Medicine, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

The anti-acne medicine isotretinoin, which can cause defects in a developing fetus, is now used by almost 2 in 1,000 girls and women of childbearing age, according to analysis of German database of 25 million

 

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In your coverage, please use this URL to provide access to the freely available paper in PLOS Medicine: http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1004339

Article Title: Use of isotretinoin among girls and women of childbearing age and occurrence of isotretinoin-exposed pregnancies in Germany: A population-based study

Author Countries: Germany

Funding: The study was partly funded by the German Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices, Bonn (BfArM, V-18281/ 68605 / 2019-2020) (https://www.bfarm.de). The study proposal was submitted by UH. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.



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PLoS Medicine

DOI

10.1371/journal.pmed.1004339

COI Statement

Competing Interests: see manuscript

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