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Obstetrics and Gynecology International
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 364526, 8 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/364526
Clinical Study

Trimethoprim Use prior to Pregnancy and the Risk of Congenital Malformation: A Register-Based Nationwide Cohort Study

Jon Trærup Andersen,1,2 Morten Petersen,1,2 Espen Jimenez-Solem,1,2 Jeppe Nørgaard Rasmussen,3 Nadia Lyhne Andersen,4 Shoaib Afzal,1,2 Kasper Broedbaek,1,2 Brian Rafn Hjelvang,1,2 Lars Køber,5,6 Christian Torp-Pedersen,6,7 and Henrik Enghusen Poulsen1,2,6

1Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacology, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
2Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Bispebjerg Hospital, Bispebjerg Bakke 23, 2400 Copenhagen, Denmark
3Center for Healthy Ageing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
4Mental Health Centre Copenhagen, Bispebjerg Bakke 23, 2400 Copenhagen, Denmark
5The Heart Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
6Department of Cardiology, Gentofte University Hospital, Niels Andersens Vej 65, 2900 Hellerup, Denmark
7Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark

Received 26 November 2012; Accepted 11 January 2013

Academic Editor: J. C. Morrison

Copyright © 2013 Jon Trærup Andersen et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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