See Also: fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)(encyclopedia)
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)(health)
Fetal alcohol syndrome(health)
Baby, fetal alcohol syndrome(health)
FAE (fetal alcohol effects)(health)
Fetal alcohol effects (FAE)(health)
foetal alcohol syndrome(medicine)
syndrome, foetal alcohol(medicine)
alcohol amnestic syndrome(medicine)
baby, foetal alcohol syndrome(medicine)

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) (health)


A pattern of retarded growth and development, both mental and physical, with cranial, facial, 1imb, and cardiovascular defects, found in some children of mothers whose alcohol consumption during pregnancy can be classed as hazardous. The commonest abnormalities are: prenatal and postnatal growth deficiency, microcephaly, developmental delay or mental retardation, short palpebral fissures, a short upturned nose with sunken nasal bridge and a thin upper lip, abnormal palmar creases, and cardiac (especially septal) defects. Many other more subtle abnormalities have also been attributed to the effects of alcohol on the fetus.