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To examine whether maternal varicella infection during pregnancy serves as an environmental teratogen causing congenital abnormalities in offspring.

April 10, 1947New England Journal of Medicine

Multiple Congenital Defects Following Maternal Varicella

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ELEugene G. LaforetBoston University CLCharles L. LynchGeorge Mason University

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Clinical report identifies multiple congenital malformations in infants following maternal varicella, highlighting post-fertilization viral infections as causes of fetal defects.

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To examine whether maternal varicella infection during pregnancy serves as an environmental teratogen causing congenital abnormalities in offspring.
Clinical investigation of neonatal birth defects following documented maternal varicella infection during gestation.
Comparative contextual analysis against established models of post-fertilization viral teratogenesis, notably maternal rubella.
Demonstrates that maternal varicella infection during pregnancy is associated with multiple severe congenital malformations in the offspring.
Confirms that post-fertilization environmental exposures, specifically maternal viral illnesses, actively induce structural fetal defects.

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Laforet et al. (1947) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a90dcf7504d7cdc493e7783 https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm194704102361504

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Clinical report identifies multiple congenital malformations in infants following maternal varicella, highlighting post-fertilization viral infections as causes of fetal defects.

Multiple Congenital Defects Following Maternal Varicella

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Multiple Congenital Defects Following Maternal Varicella

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