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Definition of Fetal alcohol syndrome diagnosis

Fetal alcohol syndrome diagnosis definition - medical term

The signs needed to make the diagnosis of the fetal alcohol syndrome:

Small size and weight before and after birth (pre- and postnatal growth retardation);
Brain involvement with evidence for delay in development, intellectual impairment, or neurologic abnormalities; and
Specific appearance of the head and face with at least 2 of the following groups of signs:
- a. Small head size (microcephaly);
- b. Small eyes (microphthalmia) and/or short eye openings (palpebral fissures); and
- c. Underdevelopment of the upper lip, indistinct groove between the lip and nose (the philtrum), and flattened cheekbones.

For more information, see: Fetal alcohol syndrome.

Common Misspellings: fetal alcohol syndrone diagnosis

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