Fetal Alcohol Syndrome - Diagnosis
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Prenatal origins of poor sleep in children.

30 Jul 2009 STUDY OBJECTIVES: We examined whether small body size at birth and prenatal tobacco or alcohol exposure predict poor sleep and more sleep disturbances in children. DESIGN: An epidemiologic cohort study of 289 eight-year-old children born at term. ... Read more...

Concordance of three methods for palpebral fissure length measurement in the assessment of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

14 Apr 2009 BACKGROUND: The assessment of individuals at risk of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) includes the assessment of the craniofacial features that can result from prenatal alcohol exposure. The characteristic facial features of fetal alcohol ... Read more...

Magnetic resonance spectroscopy outcomes from a comprehensive magnetic resonance study of children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.

31 Mar 2009 Magnetic resonance (MR) technology offers noninvasive methods for in vivo assessment of neuroabnormalities. A comprehensive neuropsychological/behavioral, MR imaging (MRI), MR spectroscopy (MRS) and functional MRI (fMRI) assessment was administered ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Fetal Alcohol Syndrome - Diagnosis'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Prenatal origins of poor sleep in children. 30 Jul 2009
• Concordance of three methods for palpebral fissure length measurement in the assessment of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. 14 Apr 2009
• Magnetic resonance spectroscopy outcomes from a comprehensive magnetic resonance study of children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. 31 Mar 2009
• Universal or targeted screening for fetal alcohol exposure: a cost-effectiveness analysis. 30 Mar 2009
• Neuropyschological and behavioral outcomes from a comprehensive magnetic resonance study of children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. 25 Mar 2009
• Uncanny scripts: understanding pharmaceutical emplotment in the aboriginal context. 27 Feb 2009
• Need to establish a national diagnostic capacity for foetal alcohol spectrum disorders. 27 Feb 2009
• Review of published studies of kidney, liver, and gastrointestinal birth defects in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. 27 Feb 2009
• Maternal smoking in pregnancy and externalizing behavior in 18-month-old children: results from a population-based prospective study. 27 Feb 2009
• Characteristics of children whose siblings have fetal alcohol syndrome or incomplete fetal alcohol syndrome. 27 Feb 2009
• [Fetal alcohol syndrome--a frequently missed syndrome] 30 Jan 2009
• Monocausal discussion. 3 Jan 2009
• Maturation of the auditory pathway. 3 Jan 2009
• Neurologic and ophthalmic manifestations of fetal alcohol syndrome. 30 Dec 2008
• Both parental psychopathology and prenatal maternal alcohol dependency can predict the behavioral phenotype in children. 30 Dec 2008
• Potential role of the placenta in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. 30 Dec 2008
• Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. 29 Nov 2008
• Executive functioning in children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: profiles and age-related differences. 27 Sep 2008
• Understanding fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs): toward identification of a behavioral phenotype. 19 Sep 2008
• Development of Canadian screening tools for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. 3 Sep 2008

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Technical information about 'Fetal Alcohol Syndrome'

Definition: A condition occurring in FETUS or NEWBORN due to in utero ETHANOL exposure when mother consumed alcohol during PREGNANCY. It is characterized by a cluster of irreversible BIRTH DEFECTS including abnormalities in physical, mental, and behavior development (such as FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; MENTAL RETARDATION; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS) with varied degree of severity in an individual.

Descriptor UI: D005310

Alternative terms: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; Fetal Alcohol Syndromes;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; classification; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C13.703.277.080; C16.300.080; C21.739.100.087.397;

History Note: 79; was in Cat C & F 1979-80