Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: a guideline for diagnosis across the lifespan

Jocelynn L Cook1, Courtney R Green2, Christine M Lilley2

  • 1Canada Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Research Network (Cook, Green, Lutke); Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (Cook, Green), Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Cook), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences (Green), Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.; Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children (Lilley), Vancouver, BC; National Institutes of Health (Anderson), Ottawa, Ont.; Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Clinic (Baldwin), Child Development Services, Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, Alta.; Department of Pediatrics (Chudley), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; University of British Columbia (Conry [professor emerita]), Vancouver, BC; Department of Pediatrics (LeBlanc), Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre, Université de Moncton and Université de Sherbrooke, Moncton, NB; Department of Pediatrics (Looke), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital (Mallon), Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alta.; Lakeland Centre for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (McFarlane), Cold Lake, Alta.; Surrey Place Centre (Temple), Toronto, Ont.; Faculty of Medicine (Rosales), Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Nfld. jcook@sogc.com.

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