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1: Am J Med Genet. 1993 Aug 1;47(1):59-64.Links

Limb deficiency with or without Möbius sequence in seven Brazilian children associated with misoprostol use in the first trimester of pregnancy.

Gonzalez CH, Vargas FR, Perez AB, Kim CA, Brunoni D, Marques-Dias MJ, Leone CR, Correa Neto J, Llerena Júnior JC, de Almeida JC.

Department of Orthopedics, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil.

Misoprostol, a synthetic analog of prostaglandin, has been widely used in Brazil as an abortifacient. Abortion is illegal in Brazil. An uncertain number of these abortion attempts are unsuccessful and the pregnancy continues. We report on 7 patients whose mothers attempted to abort using this drug in the first trimester of gestation without success. The 7 patients presented with limb defects and in 4 of them a diagnosis of Möbius sequence was made.

PMID: 8368254 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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