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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... relations 170 Animal studies with thalidomide 171 Postscript: was anyone to blame? 172 The future? 172 TESTING FOR TERATOGENICITY Proposals for drug testing 173 The procedure 174 The consequence 174 The dose-response curve 174 ...
... relations 170 Animal studies with thalidomide 171 Postscript: was anyone to blame? 172 The future? 172 TESTING FOR TERATOGENICITY Proposals for drug testing 173 The procedure 174 The consequence 174 The dose-response curve 174 ...
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... relations 214 Topical tretinoin use 214 Anticonvulsant drugs Introduction: the falling sickness 215 Therapy of epilepsy; fetal consequences 215 Fetal hydantoin syndrome 215 Recognizing minor defects 216 Is epilepsy itself teratogenic ...
... relations 214 Topical tretinoin use 214 Anticonvulsant drugs Introduction: the falling sickness 215 Therapy of epilepsy; fetal consequences 215 Fetal hydantoin syndrome 215 Recognizing minor defects 216 Is epilepsy itself teratogenic ...
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... relations, to point the way. Where then has this knowledge, such as it is, come from? From bits and pieces from here and there outside the laboratory, a slowly emerging miscellany of fragments. In all, the implicated or suspected ...
... relations, to point the way. Where then has this knowledge, such as it is, come from? From bits and pieces from here and there outside the laboratory, a slowly emerging miscellany of fragments. In all, the implicated or suspected ...
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... relations of anatomically distinct constituents of multiple malformations and thus enable distinction between, e.g., syndromes and sequences (the latter replacing the by-then superseded anomalad). It will pay to take a moment to dilate ...
... relations of anatomically distinct constituents of multiple malformations and thus enable distinction between, e.g., syndromes and sequences (the latter replacing the by-then superseded anomalad). It will pay to take a moment to dilate ...
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... relations of their constituent parts would permit “analysis of birth defects” and lead to preventing congenital malformations—has had any success. We await further developments, but feel that theoretical considerations alone will not ...
... relations of their constituent parts would permit “analysis of birth defects” and lead to preventing congenital malformations—has had any success. We await further developments, but feel that theoretical considerations alone will not ...
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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