Fetal Alcohol Syndrome - Etiology
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Monday, November 23, 2009

The effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on the morphological characteristics of spinal motoneurons.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Clinical studies and research in animals have established that alcohol consumption during pregnancy produces irreversible developmental anomalies. Deficits in fine motor performance are often noted in infants diagnosed with fetal alcohol ... Read more...

Were our forebears aware of prenatal alcohol exposure and its effects? A review of the history of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

11 May 2009 Many historical records have been taken out of context when reviewing the history of prenatal alcohol exposure, and the impacts of these histories on modern-day FASD research have been overestimated. Historical records, as early as biblical times, ... Read more...

Screening and recording of alcohol use among women of child-bearing age and pregnant women.

14 Apr 2009 A woman's alcohol use during pregnancy is one of the top preventable causes of birth defects and developmental disabilities that are known as fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). The social and economic burden of FASD is substantial. Lifetime ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Fetal Alcohol Syndrome - Etiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on the morphological characteristics of spinal motoneurons. 30 Aug 2009
• Were our forebears aware of prenatal alcohol exposure and its effects? A review of the history of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. 11 May 2009
• Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD): what medical professionals need to know. 29 Apr 2009
• Screening and recording of alcohol use among women of child-bearing age and pregnant women. 14 Apr 2009
• Concordance of three methods for palpebral fissure length measurement in the assessment of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. 14 Apr 2009
• Women, alcohol and the environment: an update and perspectives in neuroscience. 30 Mar 2009
• Hair analysis of fatty acid ethyl esters in the detection of excessive drinking in the context of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. 30 Mar 2009
• Prevention is best for fetal alcohol syndrome. 30 Jan 2009
• A metric of maternal prenatal risk drinking predicts neurobehavioral outcomes in preschool children. 10 Jan 2009
• Intrauterine environment-genome interaction and children's development (1): Ethanol: a teratogen in developing brain. 30 Dec 2008
• Teratology: from science to birth defects prevention. 30 Dec 2008
• Re: alcohol and pregnancy: the pivotal role of the obstetrician. 29 Nov 2008
• Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. 29 Nov 2008
• Nrf2-mediated transcriptional induction of antioxidant response in mouse embryos exposed to ethanol in vivo: implications for the prevention of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. 29 Nov 2008
• Risk of alcohol-exposed pregnancies among low-income, illicit drug-using women. 29 Sep 2008
• Racial disparities in pregnancy-related drinking reduction. 7 Sep 2008
• Ethanol neurotoxicity and dentate gyrus development. 30 Aug 2008
• Regarding environmental factors in the etiology of esophageal atresia and congenital diaphragmatic hernia. 30 Aug 2008
• Markers of oxidative stress and systemic vasoconstriction in pregnant women drinking > or =48 g of alcohol per day. 16 Aug 2008
• Disruption of circulation by ethanol promotes fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) in medaka (Oryzias latipes) embryogenesis. 20 Jun 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