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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... Pregnancy 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 ...
... Pregnancy 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 ...
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... PREGNANCY Introduction: blessing and curse 237 Early Seattle study 237 Fetal alcohol syndrome 237 FAS expanded 238 FAS specificity 238 Diagnosing the FAS 239 Fetal alcohol effects 239 The epidemiological process 240 Prospective studies ...
... PREGNANCY Introduction: blessing and curse 237 Early Seattle study 237 Fetal alcohol syndrome 237 FAS expanded 238 FAS specificity 238 Diagnosing the FAS 239 Fetal alcohol effects 239 The epidemiological process 240 Prospective studies ...
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... pregnancy, said to prevent the development of a proportion of NTD (Oakley et al., 1994). Many unanswered questions ... pregnant women studied may be unrepresentative of the population from which it is drawn. Prime examples of this are ...
... pregnancy, said to prevent the development of a proportion of NTD (Oakley et al., 1994). Many unanswered questions ... pregnant women studied may be unrepresentative of the population from which it is drawn. Prime examples of this are ...
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... pregnancy and to control and measure dose accurately, and thus could only poorly relate general and specific tissue ... pregnant animal or embryos themselves? In the embryo was the damage due to mitotic damage, somatic mutation, cell ...
... pregnancy and to control and measure dose accurately, and thus could only poorly relate general and specific tissue ... pregnant animal or embryos themselves? In the embryo was the damage due to mitotic damage, somatic mutation, cell ...
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... pregnancy (Goldstein and Murphy, 1929). While this suggested that irradiation in early pregnancy was important, this could not be established with certainty since the time of irradiation for all the pregnant women was unknown. Nor for ...
... pregnancy (Goldstein and Murphy, 1929). While this suggested that irradiation in early pregnancy was important, this could not be established with certainty since the time of irradiation for all the pregnant women was unknown. Nor for ...
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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