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

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Jocelynn L. Cook · The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada

Courtney R. Green · University of Ottawa

Christine M. Lilley · The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada

Sally M. Anderson · Université de Moncton

Mary Ellen Baldwin · Université de Sherbrooke

Albert E. Chudley · Université de Moncton

Julianne Conry

Abstract

The consequences of prenatal alcohol exposure were first described more than 40 years ago.[1][1],[2][2] The term “fetal alcohol syndrome” (FAS) was first used to describe the cluster of birth defects due to prenatal alcohol exposure (including growth restriction, craniofacial abnormalities and

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Published in: Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volume 188, Issue 3, pp. 191-197

DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.141593

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

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