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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... Specific malformations 192 Caudal dysplasia 192 CNS malformations 193 Cardiovascular malformations 193 Principles of teratology: applied to diabetes 194 Does diabetes obey teratological principles? 194 Concluding remarks 195 ...
... Specific malformations 192 Caudal dysplasia 192 CNS malformations 193 Cardiovascular malformations 193 Principles of teratology: applied to diabetes 194 Does diabetes obey teratological principles? 194 Concluding remarks 195 ...
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... specific though individually often rare skeletal abnormalities like brachdactyly and chondrodystrophy, purposes readily addressed when such conditions did not skip generations or sometimes occur in overlooked form. Brachydactyly ...
... specific though individually often rare skeletal abnormalities like brachdactyly and chondrodystrophy, purposes readily addressed when such conditions did not skip generations or sometimes occur in overlooked form. Brachydactyly ...
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... specific type, congenital malformation, and it is this use that must be explained, one word at a time. 2.3. Congenital means present at birth In medicine, it was once customary to divide disease into two opposing classes, congenital and ...
... specific type, congenital malformation, and it is this use that must be explained, one word at a time. 2.3. Congenital means present at birth In medicine, it was once customary to divide disease into two opposing classes, congenital and ...
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... specific constellation of abnormalities, i.e., a syndrome. Apropos here is the statement, however ambiguous, that malformation entities may be undetectable unless classified (Edwards et al., 1964). 3.4. Classification by pathogenesis ...
... specific constellation of abnormalities, i.e., a syndrome. Apropos here is the statement, however ambiguous, that malformation entities may be undetectable unless classified (Edwards et al., 1964). 3.4. Classification by pathogenesis ...
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... specific tissue susceptibility to dosage and prenatal stage. This was overcome in time, leading to ever more precise understanding of these relations (Job et al., 1935; Warkany and Schraffenberger, 1947; Russell, 1950; Wilson and Karr ...
... specific tissue susceptibility to dosage and prenatal stage. This was overcome in time, leading to ever more precise understanding of these relations (Job et al., 1935; Warkany and Schraffenberger, 1947; Russell, 1950; Wilson and Karr ...
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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