Teratology in the Twentieth Century: Congenital Malformations in Humans and How their Environmental Causes were EstablishedElsevier, 2003 M06 6 - 166 pages This book is an an up-to-date survey and summary of present knowledge and future expectations regarding the environmental causes of congenital malformations in human beings, beginning with the earliest discoveries of the 20th century up to the latest ideas and problems at its end, presents views and comments on the progress made over the century in understanding human prenatal maldevelopment. |
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... abnormality 149 Eye abnormalities 149 Dose, time, and effects 149 Dose matters 150 Murphy's contribution 150 Atomic radiation The Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs 150 What these studies found 150 Microcephaly and mental retardation 151 ...
... abnormality 149 Eye abnormalities 149 Dose, time, and effects 149 Dose matters 150 Murphy's contribution 150 Atomic radiation The Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs 150 What these studies found 150 Microcephaly and mental retardation 151 ...
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... abnormalities 180 Summary and conclusion 181 SURVEILLANCE OF CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS Introduction: fears and demands 181 Surveillance and monitoring 181 Monitoring's limited abilities 182 EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS The ...
... abnormalities 180 Summary and conclusion 181 SURVEILLANCE OF CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS Introduction: fears and demands 181 Surveillance and monitoring 181 Monitoring's limited abilities 182 EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS The ...
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... abnormality, a continuous line extends to modern struggles to understand and control these manifestations. After long ... abnormalities are spontaneously lost. Similarly, noting that 40–50% of SABs are morphologically abnormal, it is ...
... abnormality, a continuous line extends to modern struggles to understand and control these manifestations. After long ... abnormalities are spontaneously lost. Similarly, noting that 40–50% of SABs are morphologically abnormal, it is ...
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... abnormalities have happened, and fear it will happen in theirs. Where have the answers to the ultimate questions— what are the causes of and how to prevent CM–come from? Experimental teratology was never intended to Supply them. Its ...
... abnormalities have happened, and fear it will happen in theirs. Where have the answers to the ultimate questions— what are the causes of and how to prevent CM–come from? Experimental teratology was never intended to Supply them. Its ...
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... abnormalities in birds and amphibians (Dareste, 1877) and set the scene for advancements in the new and now recently ... abnormalities that particularly lent themselves to this pursuit obviously were those of incontestably hereditary ...
... abnormalities in birds and amphibians (Dareste, 1877) and set the scene for advancements in the new and now recently ... abnormalities that particularly lent themselves to this pursuit obviously were those of incontestably hereditary ...
Contents
CHAPTER 12 SURVEILLANCE OF CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS | 181 |
CHAPTER 13 EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS | 182 |
CHAPTER 14 HUMAN DISEASE AS TERATOGEN | 185 |
CHAPTER 15 ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS AND DISASTERS | 197 |
CHAPTER 16 DISEASE MEDICATION AND TERATOGENESIS | 210 |
CHAPTER 17 FOLIC ACID AND HUMAN MALFORMATIONS | 224 |
CHAPTER 18 ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION DURING PREGNANCY | 237 |
CHAPTER 19 THE ACCOMPLISHMENT AND THE EXPECTATION | 255 |
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CHAPTER 10 TESTING FOR TERATOGENICITY | 173 |
CHAPTER 11 TERATOLOGICAL DETOURS | 175 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 256 |
INDEX | 283 |
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