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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Page 132
... Clefts of the lip and palate 184 Neural tube defects 184 HUMAN DISEASE AS TERATOGEN Phenylketonuria Introduction: discovery and basis 186 Pregnancy outcome 186 Congenital malformations 186 Mental retardation in balance 186 Intrauterine ...
... Clefts of the lip and palate 184 Neural tube defects 184 HUMAN DISEASE AS TERATOGEN Phenylketonuria Introduction: discovery and basis 186 Pregnancy outcome 186 Congenital malformations 186 Mental retardation in balance 186 Intrauterine ...
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... cleft lip was long known), cleft palate, etc., some of the most extensive of them published beginning in 1912 by the Galton Laboratory in London in its Treasury of Human Inheritance, edited overall by Karl Pearson. While some of these ...
... cleft lip was long known), cleft palate, etc., some of the most extensive of them published beginning in 1912 by the Galton Laboratory in London in its Treasury of Human Inheritance, edited overall by Karl Pearson. While some of these ...
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... clefts in Japanese and some North American Indians (Tanaka, 1963; Lowry and Trimble, 1977), and a deficiency of neural tube defects (NTD; defined below) in black populations (e.g., Christianson et al., 1981). However, in all the annals ...
... clefts in Japanese and some North American Indians (Tanaka, 1963; Lowry and Trimble, 1977), and a deficiency of neural tube defects (NTD; defined below) in black populations (e.g., Christianson et al., 1981). However, in all the annals ...
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... cleft persisted and the iris and ciliary processes were rudimentary. Although the eyes were of size appropriate for the fetal age, the authors commented that “the possibility of microphthalmia, had the embryo grown to full term, cannot ...
... cleft persisted and the iris and ciliary processes were rudimentary. Although the eyes were of size appropriate for the fetal age, the authors commented that “the possibility of microphthalmia, had the embryo grown to full term, cannot ...
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... cleft lip, cleft palate, malformed hind legs, accessory ears, cryptorchidism, and ectopic ovaries and kidneys. Parenthetically, for the sake of historical accuracy, it should be noted that a communication, made over 10 years previously ...
... cleft lip, cleft palate, malformed hind legs, accessory ears, cryptorchidism, and ectopic ovaries and kidneys. Parenthetically, for the sake of historical accuracy, it should be noted that a communication, made over 10 years previously ...
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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