LD2F.00 Fetal alcohol syndrome
International Classification of Diseases for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics, 11th Revision, v2024-01
Fetal alcohol syndrome is a malformation syndrome caused by maternal consumption of alcohol during pregnancy. It is characterised by prenatal and/or postnatal growth deficiency (weight and/or height <10th percentile); a unique cluster of minor facial anomalies (short palpebral fissures, flat and smooth philtrum, and thin upper lip) that presents across all ethnic groups is identifiable at birth, and does not diminish with age. Affected children present severe central nervous system abnormalities including: microcephaly, cognitive and behavioural impairment (intellectual disability, deficit in general cognition, learning and language, executive function, visual-spatial processing, memory, and attention).
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synonyms
- Fetal alcohol syndrome
- alcohol affecting fetus or newborn via placenta or breast milk
- fetus or newborn affected by alcohol transmitted via placenta and/or breast milk
- dysmorphism due to alcohol
- fetal EtOH syndrome
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