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Prenatal maternal alcohol exposure: diagnosis and prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome [PDF]
Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is a developmental and congenital disorder characterized by neurocognitive impairment, structural defects, and growth restriction due to prenatal alcohol exposure.
Young Min Hur +4 more
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Fetal alcohol syndrome in the UK. [PDF]
ObjectiveTo determine the incidence of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) in the UK in children aged 0–16 years.DesignActive surveillance was undertaken through the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit between October 2018 and October 2019 inclusive. Data were collected from reporting clinicians using standardised questionnaires.PatientsChildren aged 0–16 ...
Burleigh CR +5 more
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The Importance of Creating Habilitation Programs for Children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders [PDF]
Aim of the study: to analyze the data of studies aimed at studying and substantiating the urgent need to create in Russia comprehensive habilitation programs for people with fetal alcohol syndrome, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and other mental ...
A. Yu. Marianian +3 more
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Analysis of alcohol-metabolizing enzymes genetic variants and RAR/RXR expression in patients diagnosed with fetal alcohol syndrome: a case-control study [PDF]
Understanding the mechanisms underlying alcohol metabolism and its regulation, including the effect of polymorphisms in alcohol-metabolizing enzymes, is crucial for research on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders.
Melina Vieiros +6 more
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The diagnosis of fetal alcohol syndrome. [PDF]
The estimated prevalence of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is 8 for every 1000 live births. FAS has serious, lifelong consequences for the affected children and their families. A variety of professionals deal with persons who have FAS, including pediatricians, general practitioners, neurologists, gynecologists, psychiatrists, and psychotherapists.
Landgraf MN +3 more
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Prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome. [PDF]
The fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is the most avoidable handicap of newborns. It describes prenatal damages which result from the alcohol consumption of the mother. These can be: reduced body length and weight (pre- and postnatal), microcephaly, musculoskeletal, mental and statomotoric developmental retardations and impaired coordinative ability.
Fröschl B, Brunner-Ziegler S, Wirl C.
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Oligodendrocyte pathology in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
The pathology of fetal alcohol syndrome and the less severe fetal alcohol spectrum disorders includes brain dysmyelination. Recent studies have shed light on the molecular mechanisms underlying these white matter abnormalities.
Nune Darbinian, Michael E Selzer
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Congenital malformations in newborns of alcoholic mothers [PDF]
Objective: To identify the presence of fetal alcohol syndrome, other alcohol-related congenital defects, and/or neurodevelopment disorders in newborns of mothers who consumed alcohol during gestation.
Maria dos Anjos Mesquita +1 more
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The article describes a clinical case demonstrating the effect of fetal alcohol syndrome on a preschool child's development, demonstrating the challenging diagnosis of this disorder, often leading to irreversible congenital mental and physical defects ...
Anait Yu. Marianian +2 more
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Leon Janse van Rensburg
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