Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

A review of the verbal and visual memory impairments in children with foetal alcohol spectrum disorders.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Children with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) have significant impairments in memory, negatively affecting academics and daily functioning. PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: To review published research on: (1) verbal and visual-spatial memory ... Read more...

Memory strategy development in children with foetal alcohol spectrum disorders.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: The goal of this study was to examine whether children with foetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) show the same developmental transition from visual to verbal memory strategies as in non-FASD children and whether this transition was ... Read more...

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...

Latest indexed articles for 'Fetal Alcohol Syndrome'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• A review of the verbal and visual memory impairments in children with foetal alcohol spectrum disorders. 29 Sep 2009
• Memory strategy development in children with foetal alcohol spectrum disorders. 29 Sep 2009
• The effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on the morphological characteristics of spinal motoneurons. 30 Aug 2009
• Social information processing skills in children with histories of heavy prenatal alcohol exposure. 30 Jul 2009
• Prenatal origins of poor sleep in children. 30 Jul 2009
• The relation between theory of mind and executive functions in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. 24 Jul 2009
• Fetal exposure to ethanol has long-term effects on the severity of influenza virus infections. 13 Jun 2009
• Effect of alcohol consumption on CpG methylation in the differentially methylated regions of H19 and IG-DMR in male gametes: implications for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. 8 Jun 2009
• [Should the woman who is trying to conceive abstain from alcohol?] 30 May 2009
• Systematic review of interventions for children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. 23 May 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
• "You can't handle the truth"; medical paternalism and prenatal alcohol use. 29 Apr 2009
• Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD): what medical professionals need to know. 29 Apr 2009
• Ethanol inhibition of aspartyl-asparaginyl-beta-hydroxylase in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: potential link to the impairments in central nervous system neuronal migration. 29 Apr 2009
• Lability of neuronal lineage decisions is revealed by acute exposures to ethanol. 15 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
• Psychological and/or educational interventions for reducing alcohol consumption in pregnant women and women planning pregnancy. 13 Apr 2009
• Magnetic resonance spectroscopy outcomes from a comprehensive magnetic resonance study of children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. 31 Mar 2009
• Women, alcohol and the environment: an update and perspectives in neuroscience. 30 Mar 2009

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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