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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... folic acid status and NTD 224 Later folate concentration studies 225 The connection develops 225 NTD definition 226 Maternal vitamin usage and NTD 226 Folic acid and NTD recurrence 226 Folic acid and NTD occurrence 228 Atlanta study ...
... folic acid status and NTD 224 Later folate concentration studies 225 The connection develops 225 NTD definition 226 Maternal vitamin usage and NTD 226 Folic acid and NTD recurrence 226 Folic acid and NTD occurrence 228 Atlanta study ...
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... purposes readily addressed when such conditions did not skip generations or sometimes occur in overlooked form. Brachydactyly, consisting of abnormally short fingers and toes, eminently fitting this prescription, was in fact the ...
... purposes readily addressed when such conditions did not skip generations or sometimes occur in overlooked form. Brachydactyly, consisting of abnormally short fingers and toes, eminently fitting this prescription, was in fact the ...
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Malformations are abnormalities that can occur at any time in the life of an individual, e.g., in childhood or later, as a result of trauma or infection. Our concern is with a specific type, congenital malformation, and it is this use ...
Malformations are abnormalities that can occur at any time in the life of an individual, e.g., in childhood or later, as a result of trauma or infection. Our concern is with a specific type, congenital malformation, and it is this use ...
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... development of primary embryonic structures and organogenesis, which occur in the earliest months in human pregnancy and equivalent times in other mammalian species and thus exclude conditions such as tumors, nevi, angiomata, etc.
... development of primary embryonic structures and organogenesis, which occur in the earliest months in human pregnancy and equivalent times in other mammalian species and thus exclude conditions such as tumors, nevi, angiomata, etc.
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Other extensive formulations have attempted, more or less clumsily, to deal with another of the ICD's shortcomings, i.e., the categorizational and coding difficulties presented by the fact that malformations frequently occur in ...
Other extensive formulations have attempted, more or less clumsily, to deal with another of the ICD's shortcomings, i.e., the categorizational and coding difficulties presented by the fact that malformations frequently occur in ...
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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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