Fetal Alcohol Syndrome - History
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Sunday, November 22, 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 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...

Fetal alcohol syndrome: historical perspectives.

30 Dec 2006 Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), the most severe manifestation of the adverse effects of alcohol on foetal development, was first described in the French medical literature by Lemoine et al. in 1968 [Les Gfants des parents alcholiques: anomalies ... Read more...

[Alcohol and women: clinical aspects]

30 Dec 2003 Alcohol-related pathologies lead to most serious expressions, both at clinical and social level. The diffused social acceptance of consumption and abuse behavior and the lack of alcohol education for professionals (physicians, psychologists, social ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Fetal Alcohol Syndrome - History'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• 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 syndrome: about Paul Lemoine] 30 May 2008
• Fetal alcohol syndrome: historical perspectives. 30 Dec 2006
• [Alcohol and women: clinical aspects] 30 Dec 2003
• Children of alcoholic parents--observed anomalies: discussion of 127 cases. 30 Mar 2003
• Historical perspective: the original description of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in France, 1967. 30 Mar 2003
• From recognition to responsibility: Josef Warkany, David Smith, and the fetal alcohol syndrome in the 21st century. 30 Dec 2002
• Gin Lane: did Hogarth know about fetal alcohol syndrome? 27 Feb 2001
• Was the fetal alcohol syndrome recognized by the Greeks and Romans? 30 Oct 1999
• Diagnosing moral disorder: the discovery and evolution of fetal alcohol syndrome. 29 Nov 1998
• Was the fetal alcohol syndrome recognized in the ancient Near East? 30 Dec 1996
• Fetal alcohol syndrome at the turn of the 20th century. An unexpected explanation of the Kallikak family. 30 Dec 1994
• [The inception for the prevention of alcohol embryopathy since 3000 years ago?] 30 Oct 1989
• FAS: the need for an interface. 30 Dec 1987
• [The depiction of alcohol-damaged children in the creative art of William Hogarth and Jakob Jordaens--a contribution to the history of alcoholism and alcoholic embryopathy] 30 Dec 1985
• 'The cry of the children': the Edwardian medical campaign against maternal drinking. 28 Feb 1984
• Foetal alcohol syndrome: historical aspects. 30 Dec 1983
• Infants and Gin Mania in 18th-century London. 25 Mar 1981
• Fetal alcohol syndrome. 30 Dec 1980
• [Fetal alcohol syndrome] 30 Aug 1979

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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