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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... epidemic 152 Teratological principles 152 Timing and malformation pattern 152 The 1964 epidemic 153 Time versus agent: the “critical' period 153 The debate 154 Gestational age and frequency 154 An old disease 155 A. N EuroTOX COLOGY ...
... epidemic 152 Teratological principles 152 Timing and malformation pattern 152 The 1964 epidemic 153 Time versus agent: the “critical' period 153 The debate 154 Gestational age and frequency 154 An old disease 155 A. N EuroTOX COLOGY ...
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... disease 155 A teratogen disappears 155 Other infectious diseases Influenza 155 Cytomegalovirus 155 Toxoplasmosis 156 Varicella-zoster virus 156 Problems regarding intrauterine infection 156 Intrauterine infection in animals 157 6 ...
... disease 155 A teratogen disappears 155 Other infectious diseases Influenza 155 Cytomegalovirus 155 Toxoplasmosis 156 Varicella-zoster virus 156 Problems regarding intrauterine infection 156 Intrauterine infection in animals 157 6 ...
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... disease 190 Pregnancy outcome 190 Perinatal mortality 190 Spontaneous abortion 190 Later studies: glycosylated hemoglobin 190 Congenital macrosomia 191 Gestational diabetes 191 Gestational diabetic outcomes 191 Preconceptional diabetes ...
... disease 190 Pregnancy outcome 190 Perinatal mortality 190 Spontaneous abortion 190 Later studies: glycosylated hemoglobin 190 Congenital macrosomia 191 Gestational diabetes 191 Gestational diabetic outcomes 191 Preconceptional diabetes ...
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... diseases of infancy and to improvement in nutrition and hygiene. As these problems abated, other causes of early death of children became increasingly prominent, congenital malformations most conspicuous among them, the most unyielding ...
... diseases of infancy and to improvement in nutrition and hygiene. As these problems abated, other causes of early death of children became increasingly prominent, congenital malformations most conspicuous among them, the most unyielding ...
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... disease into two opposing classes, congenital and acquired, the former meaning inborn or innate, i.e., hereditary, and the latter not inherited. For teratology, however, these two terms need not be contrasting at all, but also they have ...
... disease into two opposing classes, congenital and acquired, the former meaning inborn or innate, i.e., hereditary, and the latter not inherited. For teratology, however, these two terms need not be contrasting at all, but also they have ...
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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