A similar pattern of altered growth and morphogenesis, referred to as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), was reported in 1973 in eleven unrelated children all of whom were born to chronic alcoholic women who continued to drink heavily throughout pregnancy (Jones, Smith, Ulleland, & Streissguth, 1973; Jones & Smith, 1973). Soon after those initial reports, evidence became available indicating that an association between heavy maternal alcohol consumption and serious problems in the offspring was not a new observation.
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