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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... discussed below. 2.2. A small parenthesis Here it may be useful to note that various locutions have often been used interchangeably for such conditions (e.g., Taffel, 1978), congenital abnormality, congenital defect, congenital anomaly ...
... discussed below. 2.2. A small parenthesis Here it may be useful to note that various locutions have often been used interchangeably for such conditions (e.g., Taffel, 1978), congenital abnormality, congenital defect, congenital anomaly ...
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... discussed in detail below, are defined as gross abnormalities detectable by external observation or special procedure at or preceding birth. 2.6. Major and minor malformations Many sorts of aberrant physical characteristics have a ...
... discussed in detail below, are defined as gross abnormalities detectable by external observation or special procedure at or preceding birth. 2.6. Major and minor malformations Many sorts of aberrant physical characteristics have a ...
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... discussed below, that the total frequency of major malformations in newborn children is about 3%). The calculation estimated that single mutant genes are the cause of about 7.5% of all congenital malformations, that about 6% of all ...
... discussed below, that the total frequency of major malformations in newborn children is about 3%). The calculation estimated that single mutant genes are the cause of about 7.5% of all congenital malformations, that about 6% of all ...
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... (discussed below), the effects on development of the fetal palate by different toxicants (Daston, 1993), give a faint picture of the ideas that may be brought into play in the search for mechanism.' What is considered here are merely ...
... (discussed below), the effects on development of the fetal palate by different toxicants (Daston, 1993), give a faint picture of the ideas that may be brought into play in the search for mechanism.' What is considered here are merely ...
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... discussed. The design thus attempted to differentiate parts malformed ab ovo, so to speak, from those malformed secondarily. The theoretical and practical ends to be served by this distinction, and consideration of how the particular ...
... discussed. The design thus attempted to differentiate parts malformed ab ovo, so to speak, from those malformed secondarily. The theoretical and practical ends to be served by this distinction, and consideration of how the particular ...
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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