Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

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and a short upturned or beak-like nose.
Some of the more serious effects that can be more dangerous are a poor dental alignment, optic nerve defects, and arterial septal defect (Welkselman, 297). Welkselman thinks that affected infants frequently are measured at birth to be below the tenth percentile for their age in length, weight, and head size. These children never catch up to their peers and they remain in the tenth percentile for these measures throughout childhood (298). Physical effects are more common in children whose mother had a low dose of alcohol during pregnancy. This proves that even a low dose of alcohol causes physical handicaps. So this shows that abstinence is the best solution.
"The leading cause of mental retardation in the United States today is " (Welkselman, 297). It is responsible for an estimated twenty percent of all cases. This is really a tragedy because it is entirely preventable. Some major and obvious symptoms are distractibility, ...

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