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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... defects 178 Nongenital defects 178 Defect nonspecificity 178 Diethylstilbestrol Introduction: fetal wastage 179 DES usage 179 The revelation 179 Dosage and timing 179 The Registry 179 The Project 180 Critique 180 Congenital ...
... defects 178 Nongenital defects 178 Defect nonspecificity 178 Diethylstilbestrol Introduction: fetal wastage 179 DES usage 179 The revelation 179 Dosage and timing 179 The Registry 179 The Project 180 Critique 180 Congenital ...
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... defects 216 Is epilepsy itself teratogenic? 217 Epilepsy and spontaneous abortion 217 Major congenital malformations 218 Carbamazepine 218 Valproic acid 218 Altered anticonvulsant use 219 Anticonvulsants and neurodevelopment 219 ...
... defects 216 Is epilepsy itself teratogenic? 217 Epilepsy and spontaneous abortion 217 Major congenital malformations 218 Carbamazepine 218 Valproic acid 218 Altered anticonvulsant use 219 Anticonvulsants and neurodevelopment 219 ...
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... defects 248 Other conditions in older children 248 Critique 249 Alcohol and neurodevelopment 249 Longitudinal ... defective development. Puzzlement over abnormal development has many strands; it cannot be confined to the bounds of a ...
... defects 248 Other conditions in older children 248 Critique 249 Alcohol and neurodevelopment 249 Longitudinal ... defective development. Puzzlement over abnormal development has many strands; it cannot be confined to the bounds of a ...
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... defective ova arose from “intrinsic defects” (Hertig et al., 1959). It may be remarked parenthetically that what is perhaps strangest about these two pronouncements is that the former was made at a time when abnormal prenatal ...
... defective ova arose from “intrinsic defects” (Hertig et al., 1959). It may be remarked parenthetically that what is perhaps strangest about these two pronouncements is that the former was made at a time when abnormal prenatal ...
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... defects, functional abnormalities, inborn errors of metabolism, and chromosomal aberrations (Christianson et al., 1981). ... malformations are all-or-none traits, that is, they are not graded. . .and at their mild end do not shade into ...
... defects, functional abnormalities, inborn errors of metabolism, and chromosomal aberrations (Christianson et al., 1981). ... malformations are all-or-none traits, that is, they are not graded. . .and at their mild end do not shade into ...
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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