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Pregnant women were identified from self-poisoned subjects of a total population of approximately three million people (Budapest and surrounding region) who were admitted to the Department of Toxicology Internal Medicine, Koranyi Hospital, Budapest. Comparisons were made of congenital abnormalities, intrauterine fetal growth, and cognitive-behavioral status in exposed children born to mothers who attempted suicide with meprobamate alone or in combination with other drugs during pregnancy with their control sibs. Of 1044 women with self-poisoning during pregnancy between 1960 and 1993, 107 (10.3%) used meprobamate, with or without other drugs for a suicide attempt; 42 of these 107 women delivered live-born infants. The dose of meprobamate used for the suicide attempt ranged between 1000 and 26,000\u00a0mg, with a mean of 3690\u00a0mg. Of 42 exposed children, seven (16.7%) were affected with congenital abnormalities, however, of their 27 sib controls, four had a CA (14.8%) (OR with 95% CI: 1.7, 0.5\u20134.9) of 14 had a congenital abnormality. Of 14 mothers who attempted suicide during the 4\u201312th postconceptional week, two delivered live-born babies affected with mild isolated congenital abnormality: undescended testis and congenital dysplasia of the hip. However, the critical period for production of these two defects did not overlap with the time of the mother\u2019s suicide attempt. Mean birth weight and pregnancy age, cognitive status, and behavioral scale of the exposed children did not indicate fetotoxic, including neurotoxic, effects of large doses of meprobamate. 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