Fetal Alcohol Syndrome And Fetal Alcohol Effects
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Prenatal alcohol exposure is a preventable cause of birth defects, including mental retardation and neurodevelopmental deficits. Since the initial recognition in 1968 of the multiple effects that alcohol can have on the developing fetus [1] and the subsequent delineation in 1973 of fetal alcohol sy ....
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.... in the absence of growth retardation or congenital abnormalities, children born to women
who drank alcohol excessively during pregnancy appear to be at increased risk for attention deficit
disorders with hyperactivity, fine-motor impairment, and clumsiness as well as more subtle delays in
motor performance and speech disorders. [4] These findings have been referred to as fetal alcohol
effects (FAE).
As recently described, FAS and FAE produce profound cognitive, behavioral, and psych ....
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