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Unusual clinical features of foetal alcohol syndrome
1Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur.
Journal of the Indian Medical Association
|September 11, 2002
Abstract:
Foetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is a collection of signs and symptoms seen in children of women who consume alcohol during pregnancy. With the increasing incidence of FAS, there is a great variation of its clinical features different from that described in the standard textbooks. This article aims to report on the unusual clinical features of FAS. It also aims to explain the mechanism of action of alcohol as a teratogenic agent.