RT Book, Section
A1 Balken, Elizabeth
A1 Leen-Mitchell, Marsha
A1 Martinez, Lynn P.
A1 Robertson, Julia A.
A2 Rudolph, Colin D.
A2 Rudolph, Abraham M.
A2 Lister, George E.
A2 First, Lewis R.
A2 Gershon, Anne A.
SR Print(0)
ID 7018001
T1 Chapter 183. Environmental Causes of 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=7018001
RD 2024/04/25
AB The  definition  of  a  teratogenic  agent  (an  exposure,  external  to  the  fetal  genome,  that  induces  structural  or  functional  alterations  during  prenatal  development)  suggests  that  the  clinicians’  first  encounter  may  be  well  after  the  exposure  has  occurred.  Knowledge  of  the  principles  of  teratology  can  direct  diagnostic  and  treatment  approaches  to  a  child  with  dysfunction  or  dysmorphology  of  unknown  etiology  and  can  be  instrumental  in  guiding  initial  evaluations  as  well  as  physician–patient–parent  interactions.