Fetal alcohol syndrome

UCSD/Boston University Find Antidepressants May Affect Fetus

A University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine collaborative study with Boston Universitys Slone Epidemiology Center found an increased risk of persistent pulmonary hypertension (PPHN) in newborns of mothers who used certain commonly prescribed antidepressants in late pregnancy. The results of the study will be published in the February 9 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.