Teratology in the Twentieth Century Plus Ten

• Main Author: Kalter, Harold (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Gynecology.; Pediatrics.; Epidemiology.; Life sciences.; Biomedicine.; Biomedicine general.; Life Sciences, general.

Serious congenital malformations are a major contributor to the infant death rate worldwide. Their nonhereditary causes are multiple and complex, and include infectious and metabolic dangers, disease medication, nutritional inadequacy, medicinal products, environmental agents and pollutants, among t...

Table of Contents:

• Introductory Matters
• Pioneering Studies
• Pioneering Experimental Studies
• Early Experiments
• New Challenges
• Thalidomide
• Testing for Teratogenicity
• Teratological Detours
• Surveillance of Congenital Malformations
• Epidemiology of Congenital Malformations
• Human Disease as Teratogen
• Environmental Hazards and Disasters
• Disease Medication and Teratogenesis
• Folic Acid and Congenital Malformation
• Alcohol Consumption During Pregnancy
• The Accomplishment and the Expectation.