H. Kalter

Teratology in the Twentieth Century

Congenital Malformations in Humans and How Their Environmental Causes Were Established

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is an an up-to-date survey and summary of present knowledge and future expectations regarding the environmental causes of congenital malformations in human beings, beginning with the earliest discoveries of the 20th century up to the latest ideas and problems at its end, presents views and comments on the progress made over the century in understanding human prenatal maldevelopment.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Science
• Seitenzahl: 166
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juni 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 288mm
• Gewicht: 610g
• ISBN-13: 9780444513649
• ISBN-10: 0444513647
• Artikelnr.: 22032843

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. 1. Introductory Matters. 2. Definitions. 3. Classification. 4.
Frequency. 5. Early Human Studies. 6. Pioneering Works. 7. Early
Experiments. 8. New Challenges. 9. Thalidomide. 10. Testing for
teratogenicity. 11. Teratological detours. 12. Surveillance of congenital
malformations. 13. Epidemiology of congenital malformations. 14. Human
disease as teratogen. 15. Environmental hazards and disasters. 16. Disease
medication and teratogenisis. 17. Folic acid and human malformations. 18.
Alcohol consumption during pregnancy. 19. The accomplishment and the
expectation. Bibliography. Index.