Teratology |
Teratology |
Birth Defects |
Slide 4 |
Major and Minor Anomalies |
Down Syndrome |
Turner Syndrome |
Trisomy 13 |
Trisomy 18 |
Achondroplasia |
Inborn Errors of Metabolism Causing Birth Defects |
Teratogens |
Slide 13 |
Slide 14 |
How are agents determined to be teratogenic ? |
Effect of Exposure Depends on Timing |
Slide 17 |
Nicotine |
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome |
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome |
Tetraclycine |
Fetal Hydantoin Syndrome |
Retinoic acid |
Thalidomide Syndrome |
Congenital Rubella |
Congenital CMV |
Ionizing Radiation |
Maternal Hyperglycemia |
Babies of Mother’s with PKU |
Slide 30 |
Threshold Effect-Multifactorial |