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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Congenital means present at birth 137 Malformations: abnormalities of structure 138 Recognition of malformations 138 Major and minor malformations 138 Minor malformations and variants 139 3. CLASSIFICATION Introduction: why classify 139 ...
Congenital means present at birth 137 Malformations: abnormalities of structure 138 Recognition of malformations 138 Major and minor malformations 138 Minor malformations and variants 139 3. CLASSIFICATION Introduction: why classify 139 ...
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Always it has been asked, what do these aberrant, often monstrous, apparitions mean, and more recently, how do they happen. Attempts to delve into these matters, traced from ancient times, yield a record of human folly, fear, and fancy, ...
Always it has been asked, what do these aberrant, often monstrous, apparitions mean, and more recently, how do they happen. Attempts to delve into these matters, traced from ancient times, yield a record of human folly, fear, and fancy, ...
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In others, instead of macroscopic, the more homey word “gross is used, which as a dictionary Says is taken to mean visible to the naked eye, but another says the conditions can also be within the body. Almost all accept that they are ...
In others, instead of macroscopic, the more homey word “gross is used, which as a dictionary Says is taken to mean visible to the naked eye, but another says the conditions can also be within the body. Almost all accept that they are ...
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Incidentally, considering that many of these malformations were usually lethal or impaired reproduction in the days of premodern medicine and often still ordain the same fate, what this means as far as evolutionary dynamics is concerned ...
Incidentally, considering that many of these malformations were usually lethal or impaired reproduction in the days of premodern medicine and often still ordain the same fate, what this means as far as evolutionary dynamics is concerned ...
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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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