TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 178. Approach to the Child with Birth Defects 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. PY - 2011 T2 - Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e 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 SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/18 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6728951 ER -