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 151
... exposure at all stages up to 25 weeks of pregnancy, especially 8–15 weeks, exposure before 8 weeks of gestation did not cause mental retardation, the explanation being the difference in brain cell composition and possibly in cell ...
... exposure at all stages up to 25 weeks of pregnancy, especially 8–15 weeks, exposure before 8 weeks of gestation did not cause mental retardation, the explanation being the difference in brain cell composition and possibly in cell ...
Page 152
... exposure to it. It is this combination that, acting on a sensitive genotype, produces the particular abnormality or set of abnormalities that characterizes each teratogen, a principle that prepared the way for later applications in ...
... exposure to it. It is this combination that, acting on a sensitive genotype, produces the particular abnormality or set of abnormalities that characterizes each teratogen, a principle that prepared the way for later applications in ...
Page 154
... exposure, to immunological and various tissue injuries (Monif, 1970, p. 106; South and Sever, 1985). The validity of the findings of Swan et al. (1943), suspected as being exaggerated because of the retrospective means of their ...
... exposure, to immunological and various tissue injuries (Monif, 1970, p. 106; South and Sever, 1985). The validity of the findings of Swan et al. (1943), suspected as being exaggerated because of the retrospective means of their ...
Page 155
... exposure from weeks 3–12 and deafness from weeks 3–16, with none of the several varieties of these defects more ... exposed children are 1–2 years old (Gregg et al., 1945; Sheridan, 1964). 5.3.10. An old disease Rubella is a mild disease ...
... exposure from weeks 3–12 and deafness from weeks 3–16, with none of the several varieties of these defects more ... exposed children are 1–2 years old (Gregg et al., 1945; Sheridan, 1964). 5.3.10. An old disease Rubella is a mild disease ...
Page 156
... exposed to varicella vaccine during the 1st or 2nd trimester of pregnancy. Nor did any other feature suggest the occurrence of malformations related to vaccine exposure during pregnancy (Shields et al., 2001). 5.5. Problems regarding ...
... exposed to varicella vaccine during the 1st or 2nd trimester of pregnancy. Nor did any other feature suggest the occurrence of malformations related to vaccine exposure during pregnancy (Shields et al., 2001). 5.5. Problems regarding ...
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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