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What Organisms Can Cross The Placenta?

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What Organisms Can Cross The Placenta? Maternal infections caused by most organisms which can cross the placenta (including rubella, mumps, poliomyelitis, smallpox, rubeola, syphilis, malaria, toxoplasmosis, and infections caused by S typhosa, V fetus, L monocytogenes, cytomegalovirus, and herpes simplex virus) may result in abortion or stillbirth. Which parasites can cross placenta? Microparasites that can

What Crosses Placental Barrier?

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What Crosses Placental Barrier? Drugs that have low molecular weight, lipid (fat) solubility, nonpolarity, and no protein binding properties will quickly and easily cross the placenta. Alcohol, for example, readily reaches the embryo in fairly high concentrations. What drugs cross the placental barrier? Most drugs with MW < 500 Da cross the placenta, and most