Soft neurological signs were more common in children with prenatal alcohol exposure or FASD, consistent with the known neurotoxic effect of PAE ...

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• 2016
• January 2016

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a condition caused by prenatal exposure to alcohol and characterised by severe neurodevelopmental impairment which have lifelong implications. Impairments in executive function, memory, cognition, language and attention are common, and can lead to early and repeat engagement with the criminal justice system. ...

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• 2021
• January 2021

The use of standard methods to identify when to refer individuals who may have FASD for specialist assessment could help improve the identification of this... ...

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• 2014
• July 2014

The aim of this study was to identify health professionals' perceptions about screening for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) in Australia. ...

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• 2013
• January 2013

A higher than expected proportion of children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders had gross motor scores that indicated impairment and need for therapy ...

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• 2016
• July 2016

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is a lifelong disability of varying severity that occurs among individuals prenatally exposed to alcohol. Among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) Australians, the effects of colonisation and ongoing racism could increase the risk of alcohol consumption during pregnancy. ...

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• 2023
• September 2023

Alcohol exposure in pregnancy is a common and modifiable risk factor for poor pregnancy and child outcomes. ...

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• 2010
• August 2010

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is an umbrella term to describe a range of effects from prenatal alcohol exposure including fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). ...

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• 2013
• September 2013

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) are underdiagnosed in Australia, and health professionals have endorsed the need for national guidelines for diagnosis. ...

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• 2013
• October 2013

Carol Bower C MBBS MSc PhD FAFPHM DLSHTM FPHA Senior Principal Research Fellow, Alcohol and Pregnancy & FASD Research; Director, FASD Research Australia CRE 08 6319 1813 carol.bower@telethonkids.org.au Senior Principal Research Fellow; Director, ...

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Abnormally formed lower limbs with varying degrees of fusion are the major feature of sirenomelia whereas maldeveloped lower limbs without fusion are found in a ...

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• 2010
• October 2010

Many birth defects surveillance programs ascertain cases of birth defects diagnosed beyond 1 year of age. ...

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• 2010
• April 2010