RT Book, Section
A1 Carey, John C.
A1 Bamshad, Michael J.
A2 Rudolph, Colin D.
A2 Rudolph, Abraham M.
A2 Lister, George E.
A2 First, Lewis R.
A2 Gershon, Anne A.
SR Print(0)
ID 6728951
T1 Chapter 178. Approach to the Child with Birth Defects
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-149723-7
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6728951
RD 2024/04/24
AB In  the  mid-1960s,  David  W.  Smith  coined  the  term  dysmorphology  to  describe  the  field  of  medicine  devoted  to  the  study  of  abnormal  human  development.1  His  intent  was  to  propose  a  term  that  both  replaced  teratology  (whose  literal  meaning  and  reference  to  monsters  was  pejorative)  and  captured  the  essence  of  the  discipline.  The  purpose  of  this  section  is  to  summarize  the  principles  of  dysmorphology  and,  by  doing  so,  provide  an  approach  to  the  child  with  birth  defects.2