Abstract
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is characterized by structural, behavioral and neurological problems due to alcohol exposure during any period of the pregnancy. FASD has grown into a public health concern especially in western societies due to the increasing rates of alcohol abuse and dependency among young women. As FASD is definitely preventable, clinicians need to be more acquainted with the disorder and it is also of essential Importance to question the alcohol use of mothers even in routine examinations. This article alms to review and revise the up to date Information about FASD. Although the description of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) has been in medical literature nearly for 40 years, there seems to be only 3500 or more articles about FAS in PubMed. We petformed a search for FASD in all medical databases and summarized the collected data.
Keywords: Fetal alcohol syndrome, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, woman, alcohol
