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Topical Corticosteroids

Selected References:

  • Andersson NW et al 2021. Evaluation of topical corticosteroids use in pregnancy and risk of newborns being small for gestation al age and having low birth weight. JAMA Dermatol 157(7): 788-795. Doi10.1001/jamadermatol.2021.1090.
  • Chan TC, et al. 2020. Taiwanese Dermatological Association consensus for the management of atopic dermatitis: A 2020 update. Journal of the Formosan Medical Association.
  • Chi CC et al. 2013. Pregnancy outcomes after maternal exposure to topical corticosteroids: a UK population-based cohort study. JAMA Dermatol. 149(11):1274-1280.
  • Chi CC, et al. 2015. Safety of topical corticosteroids in pregnancy. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. (10):CD007346.
  • Chi CC, et al. 2016. Safety of Topical Corticosteroids in Pregnancy. JAMA Dermatol. 152(8):934-5.
  • Chi CC, et al. 2017. Updated evidence-based (S2e) European Dermatology Forum guideline on topical corticosteroids in pregnancy. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 31(5):761-773.
  • Edwards MJ et al. 2003. Case-control study of cleft lip or palate after maternal use of topical corticosteroids during pregnancy. Am J Med Genet A 120A (4):459-463.
  • Hamann CR, et al. 2018. Pregnancy complications, treatment characteristics and birth outcomes in women with atopic dermatitis in Denmark. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. [Epub ahead of print].
  • Katz VL et al 1990. Severe symmetric intrauterine growth retardation associated with the topical use of triamcinolone. AM J Obstet Gynecol 162:396-7.
  • Mygind H et al 2002. Risk of intrauterine growth retardation, malformations and other birth outcomes in children after topical use of corticosteroid pregnancy. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 81(3):234-239.
  • Skuladottire H, et al 2014. Corticosteroid use and risk of orofacial clefts. Birth Defects Res (Part ) 2014; 100:499-506.
  • Tyler KH. 2015. Dermatologic therapy in pregnancy. Clin Obstet Gynecol. 58(1):112-8.
  • Vestergaard C, et al. 2019. European task force on atopic dermatitis position paper: treatment of parental atopic dermatitis during preconception, pregnancy and lactation period. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, 33(9): 1644-1659

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