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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... animal studies 148 Human pelvic irradiation Introduction: early radiation use 148 An irradiation-caused abnormality 149 Eye abnormalities 149 Dose, time, and effects 149 Dose matters 150 Murphy's contribution 150 Atomic radiation The ...
... animal studies 148 Human pelvic irradiation Introduction: early radiation use 148 An irradiation-caused abnormality 149 Eye abnormalities 149 Dose, time, and effects 149 Dose matters 150 Murphy's contribution 150 Atomic radiation The ...
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... animals 157 6. PIONEERING WORKS Irradiation studies not appreciated 157 Vitamin deficiency Hale and deficiency of vitamin A 157 Discovery greeted skeptically 158 Warkany and deficiency of riboflavin 158 Searching for the cause 158 The ...
... animals 157 6. PIONEERING WORKS Irradiation studies not appreciated 157 Vitamin deficiency Hale and deficiency of vitamin A 157 Discovery greeted skeptically 158 Warkany and deficiency of riboflavin 158 Searching for the cause 158 The ...
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... animals 189 Antagonist administration studies 189 PKU mutants 189 Embryo culture studies 189 Histidinemia 189 Final ... Animal studies 222 Lithium Its discovery 222 Its teratogenicity 222 Ebstein's anomaly 223 The retraction 223 The ...
... animals 189 Antagonist administration studies 189 PKU mutants 189 Embryo culture studies 189 Histidinemia 189 Final ... Animal studies 222 Lithium Its discovery 222 Its teratogenicity 222 Ebstein's anomaly 223 The retraction 223 The ...
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... Animal abortion studies 254 Finale 254 B. Franklin on wine 254 19. THE ACCOMPLISHMENT AND THE EXPECTATION 255 20. BIBLIOGRAPHY 256 21. INDEX 285 PREFACE Teratology is at once among the oldest and youngest of human preoccupations ...
... Animal abortion studies 254 Finale 254 B. Franklin on wine 254 19. THE ACCOMPLISHMENT AND THE EXPECTATION 255 20. BIBLIOGRAPHY 256 21. INDEX 285 PREFACE Teratology is at once among the oldest and youngest of human preoccupations ...
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... animals (Saint-Hilaire, 1832–7; Taruffi, 1881–94, Ballantyne, 1904; Schwalbe, 1906–37), and the threshold of modernity was approached later in that century, when experimentalists, tentatively exploring the how, produced abnormalities in ...
... animals (Saint-Hilaire, 1832–7; Taruffi, 1881–94, Ballantyne, 1904; Schwalbe, 1906–37), and the threshold of modernity was approached later in that century, when experimentalists, tentatively exploring the how, produced abnormalities in ...
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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