Fetal alcohol syndrome diagnosis

Fetal alcohol syndrome diagnosis: 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