A collection of 57 papers and commentaries, arranged in eight sections, discuss the historical aspects, epidemiology, mechanisms, genetics, etiology, prenatal diagnosis, management, and social aspects of birth defects.
- Paperback: 399 pages
- Publisher: University Park Press (1977).
- Beliefs, Mythology, Magic and Superstition.
- Congenital malformations in the past.
- A brief history of teratology to the early 20th century.
- Epidemiology of Birth Defects.
- Classification and nomenclature of morphological defects.
- Epidemiologic aspects of the problem of congenital malformations.
- Congenital malformations. A report of a study of series of consecutive births in 24 centres. (Extracts).
- The incidence of developmental and other genetic abnormalities.
- Teratological Mechanisms.
- Interrelation of the common congenital malformations. Some aetiological implications.
- Defective regulatory mechanisms in teratogenesis.
- Mechanisms of teratogenesis.
- Congenital postural deformities: perinatal associations.
- Cytogenetic and Chromosomal Studies.
- A morphological distinction between neurones of the male and female, and the behaviour of the nucleolar satellite during accelerated nucleoprotein synthesis.
- The detection of chromosomal sex in hermaphrodites from a skin biopsy.
- The chromosome number of man.
- Retrospective and prospective epidemiological studies of 1500 karyotyped spontaneous human abortions.
- Chromosome abnormality and perinatal death.
- Cytogenetics of fetal wastage.
- Spontaneous abortion and aging of human ova and spermatozoa.
- Where have all the conceptions gone?
- Genetics of common disorders.
- Genetic hazards to man from environmental agents.
- Environmental Influences and Congenital Abnormalities.
- Pigs born without eye balls.
- Congenital cataract following German measles in the mother.
- The role of viruses in congenital defects.
- Congenital toxoplasmosis. A prospective study of 378 pregnancies.
- Therapeutic abortions with a folic acid antagonist, 4-aminopteroyl-glutamic acid (4-amino P.G.A.) administered by the oral route. (Extract).
- Diskussionsbemerkung von Privatdozent Dr. W. Lenz, Hamburg, zu dem Vortrag von R. A. Pfeiffer und K. Kosenow: Zur Frage der exogenen Entstehung schwerer Extremitatenmissbildungen.
- Thalidomide and congenital abnormalities.
- Foetal malformations due to thalidomide.
- Nonadrenal female pseudohermaphrodism after administration of testosterone to mother during pregnancy.
- Masculinization of female fetus due to use of orally given progestins.-
- Adenocarcinoma of the vagina. Association of maternal stilbestrol therapy with tumor appearance in young women.
- Are anti-epileptics harmful in pregnancy? (Extract).
- Anticonvulsant drugs and congenital abnormalities.
- Congenital abnormalities and anticonvulsant drugs.
- A clinical look at the problem of drugs in pregnancy and their effect on the fetus.
- Intra-uterine methylmercury poisoning in Iraq.
- Assessing the impact of low level chemicals on development: behavioral and latent effects.
- A preliminary report of cigarette smoking and the incidence of prematurity. (Extract).
- Effect of mothers’ smoking habits on birth weight of their children.
- The fetal alcohol syndrome.
- Potatoes and spina bifida.
- The outcome of 625 pregnancies in women subjected to pelvic radium or roentgen irradiation. (Extract).
- Radiation and pregnancy.
- Detection of Environmental Teratogens.
- Environmental factors in the etiology of human malformations: perspectives and problems of evaluation.
- Hazards of the first nine months: an epidemiologist’s nightmare.
- Prenatal Diagnosis and Management of Congenital Abnormalities.
- Prenatal diagnosis of genetic disorders. An analysis of experience with 600 cases.
- Prenatal diagnosis of mongolism by X-ray.
- Diagnosis of congenital fetal abnormalities by sonography.
- Amniography for detection of congenital malformations.
- Diagnosis of human fetal abnormalities by fetography.
- Genetic counselling-or what can we tell parents?.
- Pre-, peri- and postnatal prevention of major neuropediatric handicaps.
- Social, Ethical, and Medico-Legal Problems.
- Moral and ethical problems of pre-natal diagnosis.
- Attitudes toward defective newborns.
- Ethical and social aspects of treatment of spina bifida.
- Moral and ethical dilemmas in the special-care nursery.
- Further References.
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