Atypical development Flashcards
1
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Critical period
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Period in which certain development happens optimally. Not impossible after but a lot more difficult. Systems are vulnerable for lesions in this period.
2
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Major morphological abnormalities
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during construction of organs, weeks 2 - 8.
3
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neural tube defectys
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Folic acid use decreases chance
4
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Risk factors
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Age of parents
Nutrition, drugs, alcohol and smoking
Stress
Mental disorder/medication
Infections
5
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Down syndrome
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Chromosomal anomalies. Trisomy 21, mental retardation and usually heart defects. Age of mother very important (after 40 large increase)
6
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Achondroplasia (dwarfism)
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Fathers age matters for this, risk increases with age. Mutation in sperm cells (not only explanation)
