Environmental toxicants and fetal development is the impact of different toxic substances from the environment on the development of the fetus. This article...

Environmental toxicants and fetal development This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Environmental toxicant. If an internal...

was born with fetal alcohol syndrome, which he calls "the Drome". Smoking and pregnancy Environmental toxicants and fetal development Long-term effects...

carcinogens. Exposure to toxicants during the second and third trimesters of a pregnancy can lead to slow fetal growth and result in low birth weight...

fetal heartbeat and uterine contractions during pregnancy and labour. The machine used to perform the monitoring is called a cardiotocograph. Fetal heart...

an embryo. Following the embryonic stage, the fetal stage of development takes place. Prenatal development is a continuum, with no clear defining feature...

extremely toxic, and its derivatives are the major source of organic mercury for humans. It is a bioaccumulative environmental toxicant with a 50-day half-life...

maternal and fetal health during pregnancy, and that exposure to nicotine during fetal development has lasting adverse consequences for brain development." Nicotine...

exposure to environmental and lifestyle-related chemicals during pregnancy and the resulting adverse fetal growth: a review". Environmental Health and Preventive...

agent to adversely affect both male and female fertility as well as offspring development. Reproductive toxicants may adversely affect sexual function...

normal and abnormal fetal development. The difference in methylation of specific DNA sequences between mother and fetus can be used to identify fetal-specific...

mass will give rise to the pre-embryo, the amnion, yolk sac and allantois, while the fetal part of the placenta will form from the outer trophoblast layer...

typically includes: Fetal number, including number of amnionic sacs and chorionic sacs for multiple gestations Fetal cardiac activity Fetal position relative...

conditions. It has other uses such as in the assessment of infection and fetal lung maturity. Prenatal diagnostic testing, which includes amniocentesis...

Androgens are important in fetal development as well as in pubertal development. Exposure during critical periods of development can cause reproductive malformations...

Fetal Learning and Memory. In: Child Development. 80 (4), 2009, S. 1251–1258. L. R. Leader, P. Baillie, B. Martin, E. Vermeulen: The assessment and significance...

areas, including maternal and fetal medicine. See Fellowship (medicine). All doctors must first complete medical school and obtain a MBBS or equivalent...

to assess fetal status by means of the fetal heart rate and its responsiveness. A cardiotocograph is used to monitor the fetal heart rate and presence...

called vernix. It is thought to have some protective roles during fetal development and for a few hours after birth. The second stage varies from one woman...

Gerhard Andreas (2009). "Fetal exposure to phthalates – a pilot study". International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 212 (5): 492–498....

is seen via ultrasound, and the fetus makes involuntary motions. During continued fetal development, the early body systems, and structures that were established...

plasma, and passes through the fetal membranes by osmotic and hydrostatic forces. When fetal kidneys begin to function around week 16, fetal urine also...

classify abortion as murder without reference to stages of fetal development, and there are cases and other material which seem to regard abortion as less serious...

vesicular, and no sign of embryonic or fetal development is present. In partial moles, some villi are vesicular, whereas others appear more normal, and embryonic/fetal...

of prenatal development, which usually occur at specific gestational ages. Hence, the gestational timing of a fetal toxin exposure, fetal drug exposure...

Zhang, K.; Wang, Z. (2009). "Fetal sensitivity to properties of maternal speech and language". Infant Behavior and Development. 32 (1): 59–71. doi:10.1016/j...

sampled during fetal development, between 15 and 20 weeks of pregnancy, to be used in prenatal diagnosis of chromosomal abnormalities and fetal infections...

two of them, acrylonitrile and acrolein, appears to involve oxidative stress and oxidative DNA damage. The other five toxicants, acetaldehyde, cadmium, ethylene...

develop into the embryo proper, and an outer cell layer of trophoblasts that will develop into the extraembryonic membranes (fetal membranes). The blastocyst...

example, PCBs can interrupt animal fetal development, cause changes in an animal's response to stress, and cause thyroid and immune function diseases. Plastics...