Prenatal alcohol exposure and long-term developmental consequences

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Prenatal alcohol exposure and long-term developmental consequences

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ID	79792
Author(s)	Spohr, H. L.; Willms, J.; Steinhausen, Hans-Christoph
Author(s) at UniBasel	Steinhausen, Hans-Christoph
Year	1993
Title	Prenatal alcohol exposure and long-term developmental consequences
Journal	Lancet
Volume	341
Number	8850
Pages / Article-Number	907-10
Abstract	Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is a leading cause of congenital mental retardation but little is known about the long-term development and adolescent outcome of children with FAS. In a 10-year follow-up study of 60 patients diagnosed as having FAS in infancy and childhood, we investigated the long-term sequelae of intrauterine alcohol exposure. We found that the characteristic craniofacial malformations of FAS diminish with time, but microcephaly and, to a lesser degree, short stature and underweight (in boys) persist; in female adolescents body weight normalises. Persistent mental retardation is the major sequela of intrauterine alcohol exposure in many cases, and environmental and educational factors do not have strong compensatory effects on the intellectual development of affected children.
Publisher	Elsevier
ISSN/ISBN	0140-6736 ; 1474-547X
edoc-URL	http://edoc.unibas.ch/dok/A5838974
Full Text on edoc	No
Digital Object Identifier DOI	10.1016/0140-6736(93)91207-3
PubMed ID	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7681518
ISI-Number	WOS:A1993KW98100001
Document type (ISI)	Journal Article

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