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 134
... Prenatal diagnosis 235 Has the secular decline continued? 236 Addendum 237 Genes and NTD risk 237 18. ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION DURING PREGNANCY Introduction: blessing and curse 237 Early Seattle study 237 Fetal alcohol syndrome 237 FAS ...
... Prenatal diagnosis 235 Has the secular decline continued? 236 Addendum 237 Genes and NTD risk 237 18. ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION DURING PREGNANCY Introduction: blessing and curse 237 Early Seattle study 237 Fetal alcohol syndrome 237 FAS ...
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... prenatal maldevelopment. From early on, these polarities drove the twofold search for causation. Between them at first there seemed to be an unbridgeable gap; an example of which was clearly reflected in the views of two eminent ...
... prenatal maldevelopment. From early on, these polarities drove the twofold search for causation. Between them at first there seemed to be an unbridgeable gap; an example of which was clearly reflected in the views of two eminent ...
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... prenatal origin whether or not they were manifest at birth [including] structural defects, functional abnormalities, inborn errors of metabolism, and chromosomal aberrations (Christianson et al., 1981). ... malformations are all-or-none ...
... prenatal origin whether or not they were manifest at birth [including] structural defects, functional abnormalities, inborn errors of metabolism, and chromosomal aberrations (Christianson et al., 1981). ... malformations are all-or-none ...
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... prenatal growth-retarding effect of tobacco smoking occurring by itself (Simpson, 1957). 2.5. Recognition of malformations Just as definition is necessary for joint agreement of usage, so are uniform criteria of the time of recognition ...
... prenatal growth-retarding effect of tobacco smoking occurring by itself (Simpson, 1957). 2.5. Recognition of malformations Just as definition is necessary for joint agreement of usage, so are uniform criteria of the time of recognition ...
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... prenatal mishaps is for the future to unveil. A possible reason for this poverty of etiological understanding is the relatively limited final forms that are attained by the majority of isolated individual malformations and the limited ...
... prenatal mishaps is for the future to unveil. A possible reason for this poverty of etiological understanding is the relatively limited final forms that are attained by the majority of isolated individual malformations and the limited ...
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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