Teratology in the Twentieth Century: Congenital Malformations in Humans and How their Environmental Causes were EstablishedThis 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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... in diabetic pregnancy 192 Specific malformations 192 Caudal dysplasia 192 CNS malformations 193 Cardiovascular malformations 193 Principles of teratology: applied to diabetes 194 Does diabetes obey teratological principles?
... in diabetic pregnancy 192 Specific malformations 192 Caudal dysplasia 192 CNS malformations 193 Cardiovascular malformations 193 Principles of teratology: applied to diabetes 194 Does diabetes obey teratological principles?
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Human abnormalities that particularly lent themselves to this pursuit obviously were those of incontestably hereditary origin, specific though individually often rare skeletal abnormalities ...
Human abnormalities that particularly lent themselves to this pursuit obviously were those of incontestably hereditary origin, specific though individually often rare skeletal abnormalities ...
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Our concern is with a 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 ...
Our concern is with a 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 ...
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However, this ignores the situation in which appreciation of the entire combination may be integral to its recognition as a specific constellation of abnormalities, i.e., a syndrome. Apropos here is the statement, however ambiguous, ...
However, this ignores the situation in which appreciation of the entire combination may be integral to its recognition as a specific constellation of abnormalities, i.e., a syndrome. Apropos here is the statement, however ambiguous, ...
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The earlier studies were only poorly able to time pregnancy and to control and measure dose accurately, and thus could only poorly relate general and specific tissue susceptibility to dosage and prenatal stage. This was overcome in time ...
The earlier studies were only poorly able to time pregnancy and to control and measure dose accurately, and thus could only poorly relate general and specific tissue susceptibility to dosage and prenatal stage. This was overcome in time ...
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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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