A 1996 review of the relation between maternal alcohol abuse during pregnancy and the resulting in utero damage to the child.

Preface H.-L. Spohr and H.-C. Steinhausen; Foreword R. Zetterstrom; Part I. Clinical Issues: Alcohol teratogenicity in humans: critical periods, thresholds, specificity and vulnerability J. E. Whitty and R. J. Sokol; Clinical symptoms in patients with fetal alcohol syndrome F. Majewski; Alcohol use during pregnancy and its effects on developmental outcome M. Kaminski and B. Larroque; Part II. Pathogenesis and Neuropathology: Risk factors and pathogenesis E. L. Abel and J. Hannigan; Animal models for the study of alcohol related birth defects J. H. Hannigan and E. L. Abel; Neuropathology in experimental Fetal Alcohol Syndrome L. C. Band and J. R. West; Neuropathology in human Fetal Alcohol Syndrome G. Stoltenburg-Didinger; Part III. Developmental Issues: A dose-response study of the enduring effects of prenatal alcohol exposure: birth - 14 years A. P. Streissguth, F. L. Bookstein, and A. M. Barr; Effects of fetal alcohol exposure on early cognitive development I. Autti-Rämo and M. L. Granström; The implications of attachment theory for the socioemotional development of children exposed to alcohol prenatally M. J. O'Connor; Fetal Alcohol Syndrome in adolescence: long-term perspective of children diagnosed in infancy H. L. Spohr; Psychopathology and cognitive functioning in children with FAS H.-C. Steinhaussen; Part IV. Intervention: Rehabilitation approaches for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome B. A. Morse and L. Weiner; Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: a framework for successful prevention L. Weiner and B. Morse; Social and public health aspects of alcohol abuse in pregnancy A.-M. Nybo Andersen and J. Olsen; Index.