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 142
... experimental, behavioral, ecological, epidemiological, toxicological, the new molecular areas being spawned, etc. Another effort to displace teratology seems to have begun when the term birth defects apparently was first used as a ...
... experimental, behavioral, ecological, epidemiological, toxicological, the new molecular areas being spawned, etc. Another effort to displace teratology seems to have begun when the term birth defects apparently was first used as a ...
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... experiments that are possible in the mouse and lower organisms, the clear separation of apparently related disorders ... experimental and pathology studies. Some of the earlier estimates were quite low, in the order of 0.2–0.9%, while ...
... experiments that are possible in the mouse and lower organisms, the clear separation of apparently related disorders ... experimental and pathology studies. Some of the earlier estimates were quite low, in the order of 0.2–0.9%, while ...
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... experimental mammalian teratology. 5.2. X-irradiation 5.2.1. Introduction: animal studies Teratologic experiments on mammalian embryos awaited a means of penetrating the barrier shielding or thought to shield them from their ...
... experimental mammalian teratology. 5.2. X-irradiation 5.2.1. Introduction: animal studies Teratologic experiments on mammalian embryos awaited a means of penetrating the barrier shielding or thought to shield them from their ...
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... experimental findings. In Philadelphia, Murphy started an inquiry into the subject, having become interested in these findings by experiments he had been doing with rats on the effects of ovarian irradiation on fertility. By searching ...
... experimental findings. In Philadelphia, Murphy started an inquiry into the subject, having become interested in these findings by experiments he had been doing with rats on the effects of ovarian irradiation on fertility. By searching ...
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... experiments with ovarian-irradiated rats, with their emphasis on ill health of progeny (Goldstein, 1928; Murphy ... experimental studies confirmed his suspicion of the harmful effects of maternal therapeutic irradiation and made the ...
... experiments with ovarian-irradiated rats, with their emphasis on ill health of progeny (Goldstein, 1928; Murphy ... experimental studies confirmed his suspicion of the harmful effects of maternal therapeutic irradiation and made 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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