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Fetal alcohol syndrome
Definition
Fetal alcohol syndrome is a malformation syndrome caused by maternal consumption of alcohol during pregnancy. It is characterised by prenatal and/or postnatal growth deficiency (weight and/or height <10th percentile); a unique cluster of minor facial anomalies (short palpebral fissures, flat and smooth philtrum, and thin upper lip) that presents across all ethnic groups is identifiable at birth, and does not diminish with age. Affected children present severe central nervous system abnormalities including: microcephaly, cognitive and behavioural impairment (intellectual disability, deficit in general cognition, learning and language, executive function, visual-spatial processing, memory, and attention).
Also indexed as
Fetal alcohol syndromealcohol affecting fetus or newborn via placenta or breast milkdysmorphism due to alcoholfetal EtOH syndromefetus or newborn affected by alcohol transmitted via placenta and/or breast milk