Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), UTC for healthcare professionals
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Jacqueline Rouquette (Rouquette, 1957) initially described this syndrome in 1957, during her stay at the Center for Child Hygiene of the Paul Park Foundation, in Paris. FAS is a significant cause of mental retardation worldwide (Evrard, 2010). Affected individuals characteristically show deficient or decreased growth and development, abnormal facial features and anomalies of the central nervous system. FAS is part of the spectrum of the fetal...