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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... outcome 186 Congenital malformations 186 Mental retardation in balance 186 Intrauterine growth retardation, microcephaly, and mental retardation 187 Dose and time matters 187 PKU Varieties 187 Maternal PKU therapy 188 PKU frequency 188 ...
... outcome 186 Congenital malformations 186 Mental retardation in balance 186 Intrauterine growth retardation, microcephaly, and mental retardation 187 Dose and time matters 187 PKU Varieties 187 Maternal PKU therapy 188 PKU frequency 188 ...
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... outcome 190 Perinatal mortality 190 Spontaneous abortion 190 Later studies: glycosylated hemoglobin 190 Congenital macrosomia 191 Gestational diabetes 191 Gestational diabetic outcomes 191 Preconceptional diabetes and malformations 191 ...
... outcome 190 Perinatal mortality 190 Spontaneous abortion 190 Later studies: glycosylated hemoglobin 190 Congenital macrosomia 191 Gestational diabetes 191 Gestational diabetic outcomes 191 Preconceptional diabetes and malformations 191 ...
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... outcome, with aims different from one another. Systems of classification founded on causation, the etiology of congenital malformations—in distinction to those based on pathogenesis and outcome, which are directed as much toward ...
... outcome, with aims different from one another. Systems of classification founded on causation, the etiology of congenital malformations—in distinction to those based on pathogenesis and outcome, which are directed as much toward ...
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... outcome. Three such sources—first, public health records, birth and death certificates, and the like; second, serially registered hospital and clinic records; last, data derived from close examination of infants—respectively yielded ...
... outcome. Three such sources—first, public health records, birth and death certificates, and the like; second, serially registered hospital and clinic records; last, data derived from close examination of infants—respectively yielded ...
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... outcome depends on the dose and the type of the particular injurious agent, the prenatal stage exposed, and the genetic constitution—maternal and fetal—of the subjects concerned, with understanding of the interrelation of dose and stage ...
... outcome depends on the dose and the type of the particular injurious agent, the prenatal stage exposed, and the genetic constitution—maternal and fetal—of the subjects concerned, with understanding of the interrelation of dose and stage ...
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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