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June 2014 in “Annales de Toxicologie Analytique” This study found that analyzing hair samples in young children for drug exposure can indicate environmental drug exposure or in-utero exposure, but cannot definitively confirm deliberate drug administration.
45 citations
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January 2010 in “Forensic science international” This review discusses fetal hair follicle development and its importance for determining in utero drug exposure through neonatal hair, but it reports no new clinical results.
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May 2003 in “Toxicological Sciences” This study found that prenatal exposure to finasteride in rats led to permanent changes in developmental endpoints like anogenital distance and nipple retention, which were predictive of further reproductive tract malformations.
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July 2021 in “Journal of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery” This study observed that male fetuses exposed to finasteride in utero may develop external genital anomalies, with the outcome dependent on the timing of exposure.
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March 2009 in “Annals of Saudi Medicine” Finasteride use during early pregnancy may cause limb deformities in babies.
