Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
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The 1990s is witnessing the significant impact alcohol-related birth defects are having on our society. These birth defects are caused by maternal use of alcohol during pregnancy which are irreversible, yet preventable. The most severe outcome, (FAS), to the less easily diagnosed fetal alcohol ef ....
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.... after birth including weight, height and/or head circumference,
2. facial dysmorphology such as thin upper lip, flattened philtrum, and/or short openings between eyelids, and
3. damage to the central nervous system.
Diagnosis can be difficult because many of the critical diagnostic features change with age. It is most difficult to diagnose in newborns and adults. Reaching an FAE diagnosis is even more difficult because only some of the symptoms are present, and possibly not as visible. Th ....
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