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  • Title: [Alcohol drinking and intrauterine dystrophia. Effects and significance in infancy].
    Author: Schöneck U, Spohr HL, Willms J, Steinhausen HC.
    Journal: Monatsschr Kinderheilkd; 1992 Jan; 140(1):34-41. PubMed ID: 1565106.
    Abstract:
    In a prospective study intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) (less than 10. growth percentile at birth) was used as a predictor to diagnose intrauterine alcohol exposure. An interview about maternal alcohol consumption was performed prenatally--when IUGR was diagnosed by ultrasound--or postnatally. The children were followed up to 18 months of age. In 6/47 children we diagnosed various degrees of the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome FAS, with only one patient showing a full blown syndrome at birth. 5 patients could not be identified until the pediatric reexamination at the age of 8-18 months. IUGR and a maternal history of even moderate drinking during pregnancy should emphasize the possibility of an intrauterine alcohol damage, even in a normal child at birth.
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