Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder FASD

Ceccanti, M., Alessandra-Spagnolo, P., Tarani, L., Luisa-Attilia, M., Chessa, L., Mancinelli, R., Stegagno, M., Francesco Sasso, G., Romeo, M., Jones, K. L., Robinson, L. K., Del Campo, M., Phillip-Gossage, J., May, P. A., Eugene-Hoyme, H. (2007). Clinical delineation of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) in Italian children comparison and contrast with other racial/ ethnic groups and implications for diagnosis and prevention. Neurosci. Biobehav. Rev. 31 270—277. 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASDs) available at http //www.cdc.gov/ ncbddd/fas/fasask.htm (accessed September 15, 2009). 

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) are a group of conditions that can occur in a person whose mother drank alcohol during pregnancy.. .. These conditions can affect each person in different ways, and can range from mild to severe. 

The result Currently, 3.5 percent of the children in Lazio have the markers of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FAST)).2 That s the highest prevalence of FASD in the Western world and more than three times the prevalence in the United States. 

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