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The Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

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Advances in Human Clinical Nutrition

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The term “fetal alcohol syndrome” has been introduced to describe a number of features seen in some children born to mothers who have drunk large amounts of alcohol chronically before and during pregnancy. The constellation of features seen in these children consists of prenatal and postnatal growth retardation, developmental delay, mental retardation, and a number of major and minor congenital anomalies. (Table 14-1).

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  1. Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

    Joseph J. Vitale ScD, MD (Director of Nutrition Education Programs, Professor of Pathology Associate Dean for International Health) & Selwyn A. Broitman PhD (Professor of Microbiology and Nutrirional Sciences) (Director of Nutrition Education Programs, Professor of Pathology Associate Dean for International Health) &  (Professor of Microbiology and Nutrirional Sciences)

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Ouellette, E. (1982). The Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. In: Vitale, J.J., Broitman, S.A. (eds) Advances in Human Clinical Nutrition. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8290-1_14

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