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Understanding fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs): toward identification of a behavioral phenotype.
TheScientificWorldJournal - 21 Sept 2008
Nash Kelly, Sheard Erin, Rovet Joanne, Koren Gideon
Abstract excerpt
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) currently represent the leading cause of mental retardation in North America, ahead of Down syndrome and cerebral palsy. The damaging effects of alcohol on the developing brain have a cascading impact on the social and neurocognitive profiles of affected individuals. Researchers investigating the profiles of children with FASDs have found impairments in learning and...
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