Síndrome Fetal Alcohólico: Estudio de 19 casos clínicos

Abstract

The authors reports 19 infants of Alcoholic Mathers. The group comprised 7 families. A clinical and laboratory check up WBB performed: hemogram, urine X ray of skull and wrist, dermatoglyphyaiand intellectual development.The teratogenetic effect of alcohol was dysmorphogenesis which ?aried according to amount and frequency of alcohol ingested. Besides, it depended on age of pregnacy.Morphogenic alterations of S.F.A. were in direct proportion to the psychomotor and intellectual retardation. The severity of S.F.A. was greater in direct correlation with the duration of maternal alcoholism. The intensity of maternal or familial alcoholism was directly proportional to infantile undernourishment. Obstetrical charts of alcoholic mothers revealed increase of spontaneous abortions, premature childbirth, stillbirths and infant mortality.