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 148
... relations (Job et al., 1935; Warkany and Schraffenberger, 1947; Russell, 1950; Wilson and Karr, 1951; Wilson, 1954) (numerous details of the experimental radiation studies were summarized by Russell, 1954 and Kalter, 1968, pp. 90–139) ...
... relations (Job et al., 1935; Warkany and Schraffenberger, 1947; Russell, 1950; Wilson and Karr, 1951; Wilson, 1954) (numerous details of the experimental radiation studies were summarized by Russell, 1954 and Kalter, 1968, pp. 90–139) ...
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... relation of these variables to mental retardation (Miller, 1956). Only 10 children were exposed very early in pregnancy, at 6 weeks or less, and only two of them were microcephalic, and neither of these was mentally retarded (the sparse ...
... relation of these variables to mental retardation (Miller, 1956). Only 10 children were exposed very early in pregnancy, at 6 weeks or less, and only two of them were microcephalic, and neither of these was mentally retarded (the sparse ...
Page 153
... relationship exists between the time of onset of the maternal infection during pregnancy and the type of defect....” (Gregg ... relation between the time of infection and malformation type to be wide and overlapping with few exceptions ...
... relationship exists between the time of onset of the maternal infection during pregnancy and the type of defect....” (Gregg ... relation between the time of infection and malformation type to be wide and overlapping with few exceptions ...
Page 155
... relations was enabled by a survey yielding 106 children of women with laboratory-proven rubella infected over a wide range of weeks of pregnancy (Munro et al., 1987). This permitted well-estimated quantitative relations, namely, all ...
... relations was enabled by a survey yielding 106 children of women with laboratory-proven rubella infected over a wide range of weeks of pregnancy (Munro et al., 1987). This permitted well-estimated quantitative relations, namely, all ...
Page 157
... relation of maternal vitamin A deficiency to embryonic development.” He decided to fill this gap by making pregnant female pigs severely vitamin A deficient by dietary means, and as he later said, “unexpectedly” found that their ...
... relation of maternal vitamin A deficiency to embryonic development.” He decided to fill this gap by making pregnant female pigs severely vitamin A deficient by dietary means, and as he later said, “unexpectedly” found that their ...
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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