Assertion: thalidomide | /r/Causes | severe birth defects
Facets:
value: in babies
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: in more than 10,000 children
type: OTHER
value: to mothers
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Thalidomide is a drug that caused severe birth defects in babies born in the 1960s to mothers who took the drug early in pregnancy for morning sickness.
text: Thalidomide caused severe birth defects, miscarriages, and other severe health problems.
text: Because thalidomide can cause severe birth defects or fetal death, several precautions are noted below. - Do not donate blood while using thalidomide.
text: Thalidomide was taken off the market when it became evident that it caused severe birth defects in babies born to women who had used the drug during pregnancy.
text: Thalidomide caused severe birth defects, miscarriages, and other severe health problems.
text: Thalidomide caused severe birth defects, miscarriages, and other severe health problems.
text: Thalidomide is responsible for the biggest medical disaster in history, causing severe birth defects in more than 10,000 children, globally, between 1957 and 1962.
text: In the 1950s and the early 1960s, thalidomide was used to treat morning sickness during pregnancy but it was found to cause severe birth defects (malformation/ teratogenesis) and early death in infants and was so removed from the market.