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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Page 140
... mother and foetus of both hereditary and environmental origin,” such as antigenic incompatibility and biomaternal factors. Among the standard “influences in the maternal environment” of toxic, nutritional, and other factors, he included ...
... mother and foetus of both hereditary and environmental origin,” such as antigenic incompatibility and biomaternal factors. Among the standard “influences in the maternal environment” of toxic, nutritional, and other factors, he included ...
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... mothers were exposed to. Seven of the 11 children of women who were within 1200 m of the hypocenter (the point directly beneath the bomb when it exploded, distance from which was proportional to the dose received) were affected. These ...
... mothers were exposed to. Seven of the 11 children of women who were within 1200 m of the hypocenter (the point directly beneath the bomb when it exploded, distance from which was proportional to the dose received) were affected. These ...
Page 152
... mothers of malformed children for whom the time of onset of the infection was known, the disease occurred before the fifth month of pregnancy and in 85% of these within the first 3 months (Gregg et al., 1945). With respect to the ...
... mothers of malformed children for whom the time of onset of the infection was known, the disease occurred before the fifth month of pregnancy and in 85% of these within the first 3 months (Gregg et al., 1945). With respect to the ...
Page 155
... mothers with symptomatic rubella in the first period, 33% the next 2 weeks, and 19% the rest of the 1st trimester. As sound as these risk frequencies appear to be, they were based on 102 offspring, only 20 of whom were defective, a ...
... mothers with symptomatic rubella in the first period, 33% the next 2 weeks, and 19% the rest of the 1st trimester. As sound as these risk frequencies appear to be, they were based on 102 offspring, only 20 of whom were defective, a ...
Page 158
... mother to be as nearly depleted of vitamin A as were the animals in our experiments.” However, he added, “on the ... mothers with endemic goiter. These experiences had left him intrigued by the disease, and determined to study it by ...
... mother to be as nearly depleted of vitamin A as were the animals in our experiments.” However, he added, “on the ... mothers with endemic goiter. These experiences had left him intrigued by the disease, and determined to study it by ...
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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