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 149
... week of gestation, with severe abnormalities—especially cataract and microcephaly—occurring only before the 17th week. Dosage information, however, was imprecise, and merely enabled the generalization that “the pelvic region...received ...
... week of gestation, with severe abnormalities—especially cataract and microcephaly—occurring only before the 17th week. Dosage information, however, was imprecise, and merely enabled the generalization that “the pelvic region...received ...
Page 150
... weeks of gestation (mean 13.3 weeks), presumably as dated from the last menstrual period, at the time of the blast, while the other four were at 6–16 weeks (mean 9.5), indicating, as later substantiated, a differential in time ...
... weeks of gestation (mean 13.3 weeks), presumably as dated from the last menstrual period, at the time of the blast, while the other four were at 6–16 weeks (mean 9.5), indicating, as later substantiated, a differential in time ...
Page 151
... weeks 7–15 of gestation, and whose frequency and severity increased with dose, i.e., closeness to the explosion (Miller and Blot, 1972). These variables were well depicted in diagrams presented by Blot (1975) and Miller and Mulvihill ...
... weeks 7–15 of gestation, and whose frequency and severity increased with dose, i.e., closeness to the explosion (Miller and Blot, 1972). These variables were well depicted in diagrams presented by Blot (1975) and Miller and Mulvihill ...
Page 153
... weeks of gestation, and deafness almost always during the 3rd–16th weeks. Thus, while the teratological susceptibility to maternal rubella infection appeared to be entirely confined to the first 12–16 weeks of gestation, within this ...
... weeks of gestation, and deafness almost always during the 3rd–16th weeks. Thus, while the teratological susceptibility to maternal rubella infection appeared to be entirely confined to the first 12–16 weeks of gestation, within this ...
Page 154
... week of fetal life. Does that permit the conclusion that the arrest of development is due to environmental interference at the time the fetus was 8 weeks old?...There are statements to that effect in the recent medical literature. The ...
... week of fetal life. Does that permit the conclusion that the arrest of development is due to environmental interference at the time the fetus was 8 weeks old?...There are statements to that effect in the recent medical literature. The ...
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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