title: [The heart diseases of children born to alcoholic mothers].
abstract: The authors present their experience of heart disease in children with congenital abnormalities of alcoholic origin, of which they have seen 50 cases in 3 years. This syndrome, which was first described by Lemoine in 1968, appears to be fairly common. It shows the teratogenic properties of alcohol. It is characterised by facial abnormalities which are easy to recognise, gross failure to gain in height and weight, psychomotor retardation of varying severity and several other malformations. From amongst these, cardiac malformations are the most commonly encountered. These are usually in the form of septal defects (atrial and ventricular septal defects).
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002658:Developmental Disabilities; D005145:Face; D005260:Female; D006130:Growth Disorders; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000196:embryology / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006343:Heart Septal Defects / Q000196:embryology / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis
vernacular_title: Les cardiopathies des enfants nés de mère alcoolique.