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. 1995;73(5):605–608.

Safety of tetanus toxoid in pregnant women: a hospital-based case-control study of congenital anomalies.

C M Silveira 1, V M Cáceres 1, M G Dutra 1, J Lopes-Camelo 1, E E Castilla 1
PMCID: PMC2486812  PMID: 8846486

Abstract

Reported are the results of the Latin American Collaborative Study of Congenital Malformations (ECLAMC), a hospital-based case-control study of 34,293 malformed and 34,477 matched nonmalformed newborn controls. No statistical differences were found between the malformed and control groups, exposed or not exposed to tetanus toxoid.

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