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By November 1985, 44 outcomes with central nervous system (CNS), cardioaortic (CV), microtia, facial palsy, micrognathia, cleft palate, and\/or thymic aplasia defects, and 33 spontaneous abortions have been reported. The critical period for exposure appears to be two to five weeks postconception, although this is clinically inexact. ITR half life is less than a day, although a teratogenic metabolite, 4\u2010oxo\u2010isoretinoin, has a half life of several days. Seven defect outcomes and one stillbirth have been reported with another congener, <jats:italic>etretinate<\/jats:italic> (ETR), used for psoriasis. Three of these had meningomyeloceles. Half life of several months makes levels cumulative. Only one additional defect, which may have occurred by chance, is reported with use stopped before conception (4 months). Other discontinuations 1 to 6 months before conception had 11 normal outcomes and two spontaneous abortions. ITR and ETR dose ranged from 0.5 to 1.5 mg\/kg. Normal outcomes are reported both with ITR and ETR, but some of these appear not to have been exposed during the critical period. Less striking defects, abortions, and normal outcomes are less well reported. Because vitamin A analogs are therapeutically important and unplanned outcome not always avoidable, further animal research is needed for better risk\/benefits. Megadose <jats:italic>vitamin A (retinol)<\/jats:italic> use is widespread, but experience poorly observed. Eighteen suspicious birth defect outcomes have been reported from pregnancies with high dose exposure. Twelve had findings similar to those seen in animals and in human retinoid syndromes, e.g., CNS, CV, microtia, and clefts. Epidemiological controls are lacking to establish human teratogenicity, but based on animal studies and experience with ITR and ETR, avoding long term megadose Vitamin A use in fertile women is warranted.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1002\/tera.1420330315","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2005,6,11]],"date-time":"2005-06-11T14:57:38Z","timestamp":1118501858000},"page":"355-364","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":299,"title":["Vitamin A congeners"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"33","author":[{"given":"Franz W.","family":"Rosa","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ann L.","family":"Wilk","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Frances O.","family":"Kelsey","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2005,5,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_1_2_1","first-page":"7505","article-title":"Hypervitaminosis A and congenital renal anomalies in a human infant","volume":"45","author":"Bernhardt I. 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