Overall risk of birth defects appears low for women taking antiretrovirals during early pregnancy

Wednesday, November 12, 2014 - 04:31 in Health & Medicine

Among pregnant women infected with HIV, the use of antiretroviral medications early in pregnancy to treat their HIV or to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV does not appear to increase the risk of birth defects in their infants, according to a new study.

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