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 145
... reduced the mean to 2.9%. The reasons for and the legitimacy of such omissions will be discussed below. These diverse findings make it apparent that the malformation level discovered depends to an enormous extent on the purpose of ...
... reduced the mean to 2.9%. The reasons for and the legitimacy of such omissions will be discussed below. These diverse findings make it apparent that the malformation level discovered depends to an enormous extent on the purpose of ...
Page 146
... reduces the frequency of malformations seen at term and modifies its spectrum as well. The increasing practice in many areas of selective abortion of prenatally diagnosed malformed fetuses may further add to the regional variation of ...
... reduces the frequency of malformations seen at term and modifies its spectrum as well. The increasing practice in many areas of selective abortion of prenatally diagnosed malformed fetuses may further add to the regional variation of ...
Page 147
... reduced by SAB of affected embryos and fetuses. Two procedures have recently entered the mix, causing or seeming to cause decreases in the neonatal occurrence of NTD. improved prenatal diagnosis and elective elimination of affected ...
... reduced by SAB of affected embryos and fetuses. Two procedures have recently entered the mix, causing or seeming to cause decreases in the neonatal occurrence of NTD. improved prenatal diagnosis and elective elimination of affected ...
Page 149
... reduction of head circumference, be determined. That discovery awaited a future calamity. The microcephaly was present at birth in one-third of the affected children and in the others became apparent over a wide period, from 3 months to ...
... reduction of head circumference, be determined. That discovery awaited a future calamity. The microcephaly was present at birth in one-third of the affected children and in the others became apparent over a wide period, from 3 months to ...
Page 150
... reduced head circumference (this is usually defined as being > 2 standard deviations below the mean for age and sex, though Warkany et al., 1981, p. 13, upheld a stricter standard: 23 SD). Almost all the microcephalic children were ...
... reduced head circumference (this is usually defined as being > 2 standard deviations below the mean for age and sex, though Warkany et al., 1981, p. 13, upheld a stricter standard: 23 SD). Almost all the microcephalic children were ...
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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