| Description |
1 online resource (308 pages) |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Preface / Spohr, H.-L. -- Contents -- List of authors -- Part I: The fetal alcohol syndrome and its diagnosis -- 1. The syndrome -- 2. Diagnosis of fetal alcohol syndrome -- 3. The 4-Digit Diagnostic Code -- 4. Neuropsychological aspects of fetal alcohol syndrome / Noort, Betteke Maria van -- 5. Diagnostic characteristics across lifespan -- 6. Comorbid disorders and differential diagnosis of FAS -- Part II: Scientific basis of the fetal alcohol syndrome -- 7. Epidemiology -- 8. Teratogenic effects of alcohol -- 9. Effects of prenatal exposure to nicotine or illegal substances -- 10. Biomarker for the detection of maternal alcohol use during pregnancy -- 11. Neuropathological aspects and pathogenesis of FASD -- 12. Genetic and epigenetic aspects of fetal alcohol syndrome -- Part III: The fetal alcohol syndrome in adulthood -- 13. Fetal alcohol syndrome in adults ("FAS adult") -- 14. Diagnosing Fetal alcohol syndrome in adulthood -- Part IV: Intervention, prevention, and social law issues -- 15. Treatment and intervention programs -- 16. Prevention of FAS and FASD / Siedentopf, Jan-Peter / Nagel, Manuela -- 17. Awareness and support of persons with FAS in other European countries: governmental policy and social law -- Part V: Life stories -- M.; born in 2009 (m); fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS); January 2013 -- Part VI: Appendix -- A. Residential communities and assisted individual housing for adults with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) and behavioural disorders -- Index |
| Summary |
The harmful consequences of alcoholism for the unborn child are still largely unknown. This book presents a detailed description of fetal alcohol syndrome as well as fetal alcohol spectrum disorders with respect to their clinical presentation, diagnosis, epidemiology, and pathogenesis. It also includes detailed considerations of underlying psychopathology, prevention, and therapy as well as the social consequences and impacts to patients |
| Analysis |
Alcohol in pregnancy, FAS, FASD, child development, addiction |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 19. Feb 2018) |
| Subject |
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
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MEDICAL -- Gynecology & Obstetrics.
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Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Becker, Gela
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Nagel, Manuela
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Siedentopf, Jan-Peter
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Van Noort, Betteke Maria
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Wolter, Heike
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| ISBN |
9783110436563 |
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3110436566 |
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9783110436570 |
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3110436574 |
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3110433877 |
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9783110433876 |
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