Prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome

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...

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Autores principales: Fröschl, Barbara, Brunner-Ziegler, Sophie, Wirl, Charlotte
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3761322/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24009646
http://dx.doi.org/10.3205/hta000116
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description 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. There are preventive measures of which the efficiency is examined. Already, short counseling interviews, so-called short interventions, increase the abstinence of pregnant women.
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spelling pubmed-37613222013-09-04 Prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome Fröschl, Barbara Brunner-Ziegler, Sophie Wirl, Charlotte GMS Health Technol Assess Article 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. There are preventive measures of which the efficiency is examined. Already, short counseling interviews, so-called short interventions, increase the abstinence of pregnant women. German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2013-09-02 /pmc/articles/PMC3761322/ /pubmed/24009646 http://dx.doi.org/10.3205/hta000116 Text en Copyright © 2013 Fröschl et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). You are free to copy, distribute and transmit the work, provided the original author and source are credited.
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