title: The fetal alcohol syndrome.
abstract: Four cases of the fetal alcohol syndrome are described, and the clinical features are reviewed. The most consistently found features are pre- and postnatal growth retardation, small palpebral fissures and mental deficiency. In view of this, chronic alcoholic women shold avoid pregnancy until they have weaned off alcohol, but should it occur then the question of termination must be considered.
mesh_terms: D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002508:Cephalometry; D005260:Female; D063647:Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D013019:South Africa