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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In covering all contingencies, in the former, he included spontaneous, induced, and somatic mutations, and—bewilderingly—overripeness of the egg, and in the latter, H. Kalter / Neurotoxicology and Teratology 25 (2003) 131–282 139 Minor ...
In covering all contingencies, in the former, he included spontaneous, induced, and somatic mutations, and—bewilderingly—overripeness of the egg, and in the latter, H. Kalter / Neurotoxicology and Teratology 25 (2003) 131–282 139 Minor ...
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somatic mutations, and—bewilderingly—overripeness of the egg, and in the latter, explicitly defined as “agents affecting the phenotype without effect on the genotype,” were included all imaginable types of environmental ...
somatic mutations, and—bewilderingly—overripeness of the egg, and in the latter, explicitly defined as “agents affecting the phenotype without effect on the genotype,” were included all imaginable types of environmental ...
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Obviously, accord cannot be reached if not preceded by a standard of agreement, if only tentative and partial, as to what is to be considered a malformation, and thus what is to be included and what omitted from the catalogue of such ...
Obviously, accord cannot be reached if not preceded by a standard of agreement, if only tentative and partial, as to what is to be considered a malformation, and thus what is to be included and what omitted from the catalogue of such ...
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The frequency of the major congenital malformations included in the generally accepted catalogue, as seen in newborn children, has usually been in the relatively narrow range of 3% or thereabouts. The frequency found by any particular ...
The frequency of the major congenital malformations included in the generally accepted catalogue, as seen in newborn children, has usually been in the relatively narrow range of 3% or thereabouts. The frequency found by any particular ...
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... when they do not explicitly state whether perinatal mortalities are included or not, separately or collectively. A further underestimation of the overall picture occurs when the relatively small fraction of congenital malformations, ...
... when they do not explicitly state whether perinatal mortalities are included or not, separately or collectively. A further underestimation of the overall picture occurs when the relatively small fraction of congenital malformations, ...
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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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