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Showing 1 to 20 of 46 for “"Fetal alcohol syndrome"”.
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A field test of computer assisted instruction on fetal alcohol syndrome
… was to determine the changes in attitudes about alcohol among students attending a medical school in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex before and after the use of computer assisted instruction (CAI) on fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). Data were collected on a group of 30 medical students. The group …
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Stereo facial image matching to aid in Fetal Alcohol Syndrome screening
Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references.
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Fetal alcohol syndrome : prenatal ultrasound assessment of fetuses at high risk
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 107-119).
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Statistical analysis of facial landmark data for optimisation of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome diagnosis
… statistical analysis of facial landmark used in Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) diagnosis. FAS is a clinical condition caused by excessive maternal consumption of alcohol during pregnancy. Diagnosis of FAS depends on evidence of growth retardation, CNS neurodevelopment abnormalities, and a …
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Reconstruction of three-dimensional facial geometric features related to fetal alcohol syndrome using adult surrogates
Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is a condition caused by prenatal alcohol exposure. The diagnosis of FAS is based on the presence of central nervous system impairments, evidence of growth abnormalities and abnormal facial features. Direct anthropometry has traditionally been used to obtain facial data …
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Characterization of the facial phenotype associated with fetal alcohol syndrome using stereo-photogrammetry and geometric morphometrics
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is a clinical condition caused by excessive pre-natal alcohol exposure and is regarded as a leading identifiable and preventable cause of mental retardation in the Western world. The highest prevalence of FAS was reported in the wine-growing regions of South Africa but …
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An evaluation of the effectiveness of a service provider short course to prevent Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
… Africa has the highest reported rates of Foetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) in the world. Reported statistics on FAS in this province show that 40.5 to 46.4 per 1000 children aged 5 to 9 years have FAS compared to developed nations that reported 0.5 to 2 cases per 1000 births. The loss in human …
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Speech/Language and Social Behavior Performance as Predictors of Literacy Acquisition in Children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Fetal Alcohol Effects
… engage them in meaningful learning experiences. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAS/FAE) are completely preventable; yet, their presence in classrooms remains high and bears profound implications for educators. This study examined the specific relationships between FAS/FAE and …
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The impact of fetal alcohol syndrome on a child's classroom performance : a case study of a rural South African school
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is the most severe of a spectrum of birth defects caused by a mother drinking alcohol whilst pregnant. Its manifestation in the Central Nervous System causes intellectual and behavioural abnormalities, which pose considerable challenges in the classroom. This case study …
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Novel Roles for the Tissue Plasminogen Activator System in the Development of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and the Regulation of Contextual Learning After Stress
… and behavior neurotoxic defects referred to as fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). Since tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) has been implicated in mediating excitotoxic neurodegeneration we subjected neonatal WT and tPA<sup>-/-</sup> to an acute ethanol paradigm that serves as a model of FAS. We …
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A Comparative Study of Selected Variables in Women Who Gave Birth to a Child with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome on a Plains Indian Reservation Between 1981 and 1992
… of women who had given birth to a child with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). The control mothers consisted of woman who had not given birth to a child with FAS on the same reservation. The hypotheses of this thesis were that mothers of children diagnosed with FAS have a higher incidence of …
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Parietal dysfunction in children with prenatal alcohol exposure
… be one of the regions most affected by prenatal alcohol exposure. Functional domains dependent on intact parietal functioning, including mathematical and visuospatial ability, have been consistently implicated in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. This thesis examines, in children, using blood …
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Prenatal alcohol exposure-related reading and phonological processing deficits mediated by working memory
… have investigated the effects of prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) on reading ability and/or on phonological processing. Most published studies have only included measures of single-word reading. This choice means those studies may lack ecological validity in that they might not have …
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An Analysis Of Virtual Place Learning/navigation In Children And Young Adults Prenatally Exposed To Alcohol
<p>Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder refers to the spectrum of disorders resulting from prenatal alcohol exposure and is the leading cause of preventable mental retardation. Rodent studies have found that prenatal alcohol exposure impairs performance on the Morris water maze. This task requires the …
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Additional costs of FAS and PFAS learners in the classroom: An estimate for public primary schools in the Western Cape
… has the highest recorded prevalence rates of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) in the world. In the last decade rates of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) and partial fetal alcohol syndrome (PFAS) prevalence of 68.0 - 89.2 per 1000 (May et al., 2007), 67.2 per 1000 (Urban et al., 2008), and …
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