Teratology in the Twentieth Century: Congenital Malformations in Humans and How their Environmental Causes were EstablishedThis 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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INTRODUCTORY MATTERS Coincidental discoveries 136 Early genetic studies 136 2. DEFINITIONS Introduction: styles 136 A small parenthesis 137 5. Congenital means present at birth 137 Malformations: abnormalities of structure 138 ...
INTRODUCTORY MATTERS Coincidental discoveries 136 Early genetic studies 136 2. DEFINITIONS Introduction: styles 136 A small parenthesis 137 5. Congenital means present at birth 137 Malformations: abnormalities of structure 138 ...
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EARLY EXPERIMENTS Introduction: new needs and ideas 159 Principles of teratology 160 Vitamin A and diaphragmatic hernia 160 Power of genetics 161 Basis of diaphragmatic hernia 161 Early investigators 162 Trypan blue 162 Trypan blue's ...
EARLY EXPERIMENTS Introduction: new needs and ideas 159 Principles of teratology 160 Vitamin A and diaphragmatic hernia 160 Power of genetics 161 Basis of diaphragmatic hernia 161 Early investigators 162 Trypan blue 162 Trypan blue's ...
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ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION DURING PREGNANCY Introduction: blessing and curse 237 Early Seattle study 237 Fetal alcohol syndrome 237 FAS expanded 238 FAS specificity 238 Diagnosing the FAS 239 Fetal alcohol effects 239 The epidemiological ...
ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION DURING PREGNANCY Introduction: blessing and curse 237 Early Seattle study 237 Fetal alcohol syndrome 237 FAS expanded 238 FAS specificity 238 Diagnosing the FAS 239 Fetal alcohol effects 239 The epidemiological ...
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As these problems abated, other causes of early death of children became increasingly prominent, congenital malformations most conspicuous among them, the most unyielding of all the reasons infants still die and are seriously ill.
As these problems abated, other causes of early death of children became increasingly prominent, congenital malformations most conspicuous among them, the most unyielding of all the reasons infants still die and are seriously ill.
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Coincidental discoveries Two entirely disconnected events occurring at the outset of the 20th century define the initiating moment for modern teratology: the 'rediscovery early in 1900 of Mendel's laws of inheritance (related by Dunn, ...
Coincidental discoveries Two entirely disconnected events occurring at the outset of the 20th century define the initiating moment for modern teratology: the 'rediscovery early in 1900 of Mendel's laws of inheritance (related by Dunn, ...
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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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