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. 1973 Sep 22;3(5881):605–607. doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5881.605

Effect on Neonatal Jaundice of Oestrogens and Progestogens Taken before and after Conception

J B McConnell, J F T Glasgow, R McNair
PMCID: PMC1586921  PMID: 4755181

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.

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