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 135
... reported in almost every issue of certain medical genetics journals, never to be repeated, having apparent resemblance to those foregoing only because of limited maldevelopmental pathways? Accident is repugnant to the modern scientific ...
... reported in almost every issue of certain medical genetics journals, never to be repeated, having apparent resemblance to those foregoing only because of limited maldevelopmental pathways? Accident is repugnant to the modern scientific ...
Page 144
... reported have often been due in large part to such disagreement. As was lamented even early in the century (Birnbaum, 1912), and reiterated over and over again in the following decades, “[I]t is not an easy matter to give correct ...
... reported have often been due in large part to such disagreement. As was lamented even early in the century (Birnbaum, 1912), and reiterated over and over again in the following decades, “[I]t is not an easy matter to give correct ...
Page 153
... reported to be transitory, as microcephaly may also have been (Cooper, 1975). A different outcome was seen in 111 children of various older ages in a rubella clinic, in whom head size was correlated with stature but poorly with ...
... reported to be transitory, as microcephaly may also have been (Cooper, 1975). A different outcome was seen in 111 children of various older ages in a rubella clinic, in whom head size was correlated with stature but poorly with ...
Page 155
... reported (Coffey and Jessop, 1955, 1959; Saxén et al., 1960), but the association was weak and further evidence contradictory (Dudgeon, 1976; Saxén et al., 1990; Lynberg et al., 1994; Arvin and Maldonado, 1995). The current impression ...
... reported (Coffey and Jessop, 1955, 1959; Saxén et al., 1960), but the association was weak and further evidence contradictory (Dudgeon, 1976; Saxén et al., 1990; Lynberg et al., 1994; Arvin and Maldonado, 1995). The current impression ...
Page 157
... reported his preliminary findings. A registered Duroc-Jersey gilt, fed a vitamin A-deficient ration for several months before breeding, on March 29, 1932 farrowed 11 pigs, “all of which were born without eyeballs,” as was determined ...
... reported his preliminary findings. A registered Duroc-Jersey gilt, fed a vitamin A-deficient ration for several months before breeding, on March 29, 1932 farrowed 11 pigs, “all of which were born without eyeballs,” as was determined ...
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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