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Thalidomide, a nonbarbiturate sedative d...

Thalidomide, a nonbarbiturate sedative drug given to pregnant women, was withdrawn in 1961 because it resulted in phocomelia or:

A

A) limb defect

B

B) early abortion

C

C) erythroblastosis foetalis

D

D) poor development of foetus

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