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 159
... increased in frequency. This meant, of course, that females had to be allowed to give birth, and thus that newborn offspring had to be rescued, day or night, to prevent their mothers from mutilating or devouring the deformed ones. It ...
... increased in frequency. This meant, of course, that females had to be allowed to give birth, and thus that newborn offspring had to be rescued, day or night, to prevent their mothers from mutilating or devouring the deformed ones. It ...
Page 160
... increases, from the no-effect to the totally lethal level. 7.3. Vitamin A and diaphragmatic hernia The great influence ... increased the frequency of a developmental abnormality that was ordinarily of a low spontaneous frequency. Could ...
... increases, from the no-effect to the totally lethal level. 7.3. Vitamin A and diaphragmatic hernia The great influence ... increased the frequency of a developmental abnormality that was ordinarily of a low spontaneous frequency. Could ...
Page 161
... increased these frequencies to 8% and 34%, respectively. The abnormality consisted of failure of the diaphragm to undergo normal closure during prenatal life, which allowed a lobe of the liver and varying amounts of small intestine to ...
... increased these frequencies to 8% and 34%, respectively. The abnormality consisted of failure of the diaphragm to undergo normal closure during prenatal life, which allowed a lobe of the liver and varying amounts of small intestine to ...
Page 163
... increased in frequency. Knowledge of the cytogenetic basis of the condition has not been enough to change that. 7 10. Cortisone studies and by-products Returning to the question of why particular agents were chosen for experimentation ...
... increased in frequency. Knowledge of the cytogenetic basis of the condition has not been enough to change that. 7 10. Cortisone studies and by-products Returning to the question of why particular agents were chosen for experimentation ...
Page 164
... increased risk of major congenital malformations, also noted a significantly increased rate of oral clefts (Park-Wyllie et al., 2000), but since the great majority of the reported clefts were of the lip and not of the palate alone ...
... increased risk of major congenital malformations, also noted a significantly increased rate of oral clefts (Park-Wyllie et al., 2000), but since the great majority of the reported clefts were of the lip and not of the palate alone ...
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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