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Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders encompass a range of physical and neurodevelopmental problems which can result from prenatal alcohol exposure. Diagnosis is based on the signs and symptoms in the person and evidence of alcohol use. [1] These diagnoses of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders are currently recognized: Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) [1]
It is often a result of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), caused by large alcohol intake in the first month of pregnancy. [citation needed] It can be associated with trisomy 13, which is also known as Patau syndrome, [3] as well as hereditary neuralgic amyotrophy. [4] It can also be associated with fragile X syndrome and Prader–Willi syndrome.
It can be reduced (short, "narrow") in horizontal size by fetal alcohol syndrome [1] and in Williams syndrome.The chromosomal conditions trisomy 9 and trisomy 21 (Down syndrome) can cause the palpebral fissures to be upslanted, [2] whereas Marfan syndrome can cause a downslant. [3]
"That's how fetal alcohol syndrome was recognized. That is how isotretinoin [the acne medication Accutane] that causes a distinct pattern of birth defects was recognized," said Rasmussen, one of ...
Medical conditions that cause the nasal bridge not to develop and project are also associated with epicanthic fold. About 60% of individuals with Down syndrome (also known as trisomy 21) have prominent epicanthic folds. [23] [24] Other examples are fetal alcohol syndrome, phenylketonuria, and Turner syndrome. [25]
People with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. Pages in category "People with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
A coloboma (from the Greek κολόβωμα, meaning "defect") [1] is a hole in one of the structures of the eye, such as the iris, retina, choroid, or optic disc.The hole is present from birth and can be caused when a gap called the choroid fissure, which is present during early stages of prenatal development, fails to close up completely before a child is born.
Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is categorized as a group of birth defects ranging from mental retardation to various growth and behavioral problems. [33] The March of Dimes has provided grant funding for FAS research, [ 34 ] [ 35 ] and they supported the National Council on Alcoholism in its push for legislation to bring public attention to the ...