Prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome.

ABSTRACT: The fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is the most avoidable handicap of newborns. It describes prenatal damages which result from the alcohol consumption of the mother. These can be: reduced body length and weight (pre- and postnatal), microcephaly, musculoskeletal, mental and statomotoric developmental retardations and impaired coordinative ability. There are preventive measures of which the efficiency is examined. Already, short counseling interviews, so-called short interventions, increase the abstinence of pregnant women.

SUBMITTER: Froschl B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3761322 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature