 Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
"Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An umbrella term used to describe a pattern of disabilities and abnormalities that result from fetal exposure to ETHANOL during pregnancy. It encompasses a phenotypic range that can vary greatly between individuals, but reliably includes one or more of the following: characteristic facial dysmorphism, FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION, central nervous system abnormalities, cognitive and/or behavioral dysfunction, BIRTH DEFECTS. The level of maternal alcohol consumption does not necessarily correlate directly with disease severity.
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D063647
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C13.703.277.220 C16.300.070 C25.775.100.087.323
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| Concept/Terms |
Alcohol Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder- Alcohol Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder
- Growth Retardation, Facial Abnormalities, and Central Nervous System Dysfunction
- FAE (Fetal Alcohol Effects)
- FAEs (Fetal Alcohol Effects)
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| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders" by people in Profiles.
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El Fatimy R, Miozzo F, Le Mouël A, Abane R, Schwendimann L, Sabéran-Djoneidi D, de Thonel A, Massaoudi I, Paslaru L, Hashimoto-Torii K, Christians E, Rakic P, Gressens P, Mezger V. Heat shock factor 2 is a stress-responsive mediator of neuronal migration defects in models of fetal alcohol syndrome. EMBO Mol Med. 2014 Aug; 6(8):1043-61.
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Hashimoto-Torii K, Kawasawa YI, Kuhn A, Rakic P. Combined transcriptome analysis of fetal human and mouse cerebral cortex exposed to alcohol. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Mar 08; 108(10):4212-7.
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Cohen IT, Kaplan R. Repeat episodes of severe muscle rigidity in a child receiving sevoflurane. Paediatr Anaesth. 2006 Oct; 16(10):1077-9.
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