Effect on Neonatal Jaundice of Oestrogens and Progestogens Taken before and after Conception
- 22 September 1973
- Vol. 3 (5881) , 605-607
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.3.5881.605
Abstract
Study of 182 newborn babies has shown that among bottle-fed infants the mean plasma bilirubin concentration was slightly but significantly higher (P <0·01) in those whose mothers had previously used steroid contraceptives. A similar finding was not noted among breast-fed infants. A further 16 infants whose mothers had received progestogen therapy during their pregnancy had a mean plasma bilirubin concentration which was significantly higher than each of the four other groups of infants studied (P <0·01). Icterus occasionally reached clinically important levels in these babies.Keywords
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