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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]
FASD United (previously the National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome) is a non-profit public health charitable organization focused on the issue of fetal alcohol syndrome and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). FASD United was founded in 1990 as the National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome to advocate for improved public ...
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.
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 ...
"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 ...
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) is a term that constitutes the set of conditions that can occur in a person whose mother drank alcohol during the course of pregnancy. These effects can include physical and cognitive problems. FASD patient usually has a combination of these problems. [11]
Sterling K. Clarren is one of the world's leading researchers into fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), an umbrella term encompassing fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), alcohol-related neurodevelopmental disorder, static encephalopathy:alcohol exposed and prenatal alcohol exposed.
TALLAHASSEE — Pointing to a “medical consensus” about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, attorneys for inmate Michael Duane Zack on Sunday urged the Florida Supreme Court to block his scheduled Oct. 3 ...