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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To one extent or another, the cause of less than half of all congenital malformations is known. So little is known, perhaps is knowable, that it often seems we are desperate to find answers to long-sought questions and are precipitate ...
To one extent or another, the cause of less than half of all congenital malformations is known. So little is known, perhaps is knowable, that it often seems we are desperate to find answers to long-sought questions and are precipitate ...
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... harelip (as cleft lip was long known), cleft palate, etc., some of the most extensive of them published beginning in 1912 by the Galton Laboratory in London in its Treasury of Human Inheritance, edited overall by Karl Pearson.
... harelip (as cleft lip was long known), cleft palate, etc., some of the most extensive of them published beginning in 1912 by the Galton Laboratory in London in its Treasury of Human Inheritance, edited overall by Karl Pearson.
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Minor malformations and variants Relatively trivial physical divergences from the typical, commonly known as minor congenital malformations or anomalies, come in many forms, but are usually of little or no medical or cosmetic ...
Minor malformations and variants Relatively trivial physical divergences from the typical, commonly known as minor congenital malformations or anomalies, come in many forms, but are usually of little or no medical or cosmetic ...
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... chemical (excessive, inadequate), temperature (high, low), and infectious—almost all known through early experiments with embryos of rodents, birds, amphibians, and other laboratory creatures, a list hardly enlarged upon even today.
... chemical (excessive, inadequate), temperature (high, low), and infectious—almost all known through early experiments with embryos of rodents, birds, amphibians, and other laboratory creatures, a list hardly enlarged upon even today.
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... despite a well-known author's “what's in a name?” Thus, the name “teratology,” by which the science of congenital malformations is called by its past and recent history, informs us of the breadth and depth of the phenomena it has ...
... despite a well-known author's “what's in a name?” Thus, the name “teratology,” by which the science of congenital malformations is called by its past and recent history, informs us of the breadth and depth of the phenomena it has ...
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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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