| The ill effects of alcohol consumed
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| | disabilities of FAS are caused by a
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| during pregnancy causes a pattern of
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| | pregnant woman consuming alchohol between
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| mental and physical defects in some
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| | the 10th and the 20th week of
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| unborn babies, known as Fetal Alcohol
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| | pregnancy.Alcohol interferes with the
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| Syndrome. Fetal alcohol syndrome was
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| | ability of the fetus to receive
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| named in 1973 by two dysmorphologists,
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| | sufficient oxygen and nourishment for
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| Kenneth Lyons Jones and David W. Smith of
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| | normal cell development in the brain and
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| the University of Washington Medical
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| | other body organs. FAS is characterized
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| School in Seattle.In the United States,
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| | by abnormal facial features, growth
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| there are more babies born with fetal
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| | deficiencies, and central nervous system
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| alcohol syndrome than HIV or Downs
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| | problems. People with FAS have problems
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| Syndrome. A child born with FAS may be
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| | with learning, memory, attention span,
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| seriously handicapped, possibly requiring
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| | communication, vision, hearing, or a
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| a lifetime of special care. Most of the
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| | combination of these.
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