TERATOGENS

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INFECTIOUS AGENTS	CONGENITAL MALFORMATION
RUBELLA Cataracts glaucoma
CYTOMEGALOVIRUS mental retardation
HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS Micropthalmia retinal dysplasia
TOXOPLASMOSIS Hydrocephalus cerebral calcification
SYPHILIS deafness
PHYSICAL AGENTS
X-RAY cleft palate spina bifida
HYPERTHEMIA anencephaly
CHEMICAL AGENTS
THALIDOMIDE limb defects heart malformation
AMINOPTERIN hydrocephaly
DIPHENYLHYDANTOIN (phenytoin) fetal hydantoin syndrome facial defects
TRIMETHADIONE skeletal abnormalities, urogenital and skeletal abnormalities
LITHIUM
AMPHETAMINES Cleft lip and palate, Heart defects
WARFARIN chondrodyslpasia
LSD Central  nevous system defects
ALCOHOL fetal alcohol syndrome, short palpebral fissures
ISOTRETINOIN (vitamin A) small abnormally shaped ears
ORGANIC MERCURY cerebral palsy, multiple neurological symptoms
HORMONES
ANDROGENIC AGENTS (ethisterone, norethisterone) masculinization of the female genitalia
DIETHYLSTILBESTROL (DES) vaginal cancer
MATERNAL DAIBETIS