title: [Alcohol and pregnancy].
abstract: Alcohol consumption during pregnancy is a major cause of mental retardation in Western countries. Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is mainly characterized by pre- and postnatal stunted growth, neurocognitive disorders, and facial dysmorphism. It compromises the intellectual and behavioral prognosis of the child. Prevention tools exist, through better information of health professionals, for optimal care of high-risk women before, during, and after pregnancy, which would decrease the incidence of SAF in the future.
authors.affiliation: Service d'hématologie pédiatrique, hôpital Saint-Louis, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 1 avenue Claude-Vellefaux, Paris cedex 10, France. seror.je@laposte.net
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Seror
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chapelon
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bué
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Garnier-Lengliné
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lebeaux-Legras
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Loudenot
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lejeune
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism; D005260:Female; D063647:Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D013997:Time Factors