alcohol-related birth defects


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alcohol-related birth defects

Any birth defect–eg, pre– or postnatal growth retardation, facial dysmorphia–thin upper lip, poorly-developed philtrum, short nose, and eye openings, CNS defects with mental retardation; when multiple ARBDs are present, the term fetal alcohol syndrome is used. See Fetal alcohol syndrome.
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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(45.) In New York State the estimated cost of caring for infants born with alcohol-related birth defects in 1978 amounted to $155 million in lifetime care.
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