Despite warnings, prenatal exposure to alcohol continues to far exceed exposure to illicit drugs. A diagnosis of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is made when there are visible markers in each of three categories
Which is not a recognized category for diagnosis of FAS? a. Respiratory conditions
b. Impaired growth
c. CNS abnormality
d. Craniofacial dysmorphologies
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A Respiratory difficulties are not a category of conditions that are related to FAS.
Other abnormalities related to FAS include: organ deformities, genital
malformations and kidney and urinary defects.
B Impaired growth is a visible marker for FAS.
C A CNS abnormality with neurologic and intellectual impairments is a category
used to assist in the diagnosis of FAS.
D An infant with FAS manifests at least two craniofacial abnormalities such as
microcephaly, short palpebral fissures, poorly developed philtrum, thin upper lip
or flattening of the maxillary.
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