Smoking during pregnancy and postpartum among Tunisian women.

Objective: The validity of self-reported smoking in population surveys remains an important question yet to be answered. This has been of particular concern in a situation where there is a strong social pressure against pregnant and postpartum women. An associated question is what would be the value of measuring urinary cotinine concentrations in such surveys to obtain validated smoking data.

[Photosensitivity induced by metformin: a report of 3 cases].

Background: Metformin is an oral antihypoglycemic drug. Its cutaneous side effects are rare and photosensitivity had not been reported.

Aim: Case report.