Epilepsie als eerste symptoom van een fetal alcohol syndrome disorder bij volwassenen

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Background: About 40 thousand newborns are delivered annually with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). It induces serious CNS complications. Methods: In a review of, the word “fetal alcohol syndrome” was searched in PubMed and Google Scholar and the retrieved articles were summarized. Results: Many studies showed that alcohol can cause more defects in fetus than heroin, cocaine and marijuana. The pos...

NHG-Standaard COPD en Astma bij Volwassenen: Diagnostiek

Complications in a dog with disc associated Wobbler syndrome Complicaties bij een hond met discusgeassocieerd Wobblersyndroom

This case report describes the occurrence of a second episode of clinical signs of disc associated Wobbler syndrome almost 2 years following ventral decompressive surgery and a rather rare complication after myelographic examination in the same dog.

Fetal alcohol syndrome and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in Indigenous schoolchildren.

TO THE EDITOR: A causal connection between alcoholic mothers and developmental delays and physical abnormalities in their babies was identified in the 1970s and termed fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). Other less extreme but still disabling effects fall under the umbrella term of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). Some studies have found higher prevalences of FAS among indigenous children in s...

Infectious coccygeal discospondylitis in an adult trotter horse Infectieuze discospondylitis ter hoogte van de staartwervels bij een volwassen draver

This case describes the clinical and radiographic appearance, medical treatment and long-term followup of a 6-year-old French trotter stallion that was referred with an acute onset of pain and swelling at the tail-head without a history of traumatic insult. Radiographic examination revealed multiple semicircular and millet-sized radiolucencies at the endplates of several adjacent caudal vertebr...