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fetal alcohol syndrome

Disease Summary
Associated Targets (15)
Tbio

11

Tclin

3

Tchem

1


Mondo Description Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is a rare malformation syndrome caused by excessive maternal consumption of alcohol during pregnancy. It is characterized by prenatal and/or postnatal growth deficiency (weight and/or height <10th percentile), a unique cluster of minor facial anomalies (short palpebral fissures, flat and smooth philtrum, and thin upper lip) and severe central nervous system (CNS) abnormalities including microcephaly, and cognitive and behavioral impairment (intellectual disability, deficit in general cognition, learning and language, executive function, visual-spatial processing, memory, and attention).
Disease Ontology Description A fetal alcohol spectrum disorder that results in severe mental and physical defects which can develop in a child when the mother drinks alcohol during pregnancy. The presenting features include craniofacial dysmorphology (microcephaly, smooth philtrum, thin upper lip, small eye openings), pre- and postnatal growth deficiency, and central nervous system dysfunction.
Mondo Term and Equivalent IDs
MONDO:0016011:  fetal alcohol syndrome
NCIT:C84713: 
Orphanet:1915: 
SCTID:205788004: 
UMLS:C0015923: