Researchers and health care providers use the term neural tube defects to describe one important category of birth defects.

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No data are available on the use of either typhoid vaccine in pregnancy.

Women who are pregnant or planning to become pregnant should not receive the varicella vaccine.

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The effects of high blood pressure during pregnancy vary depending on the disorder and other factors.