A Possible Association between Maternal Drinking and Fetal Clubfoot

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To the Editor: The main features of the fetal alcohol syndrome, such as prenatal and postnatal growth retardation, facial abnormalities, and mental retardation, have been known for more than a decade.1 It has also become evident that heavy maternal drinking is associated with several minor structural defects, such as polydactyly and syndactyly.2 We report here evidence of a possible association between maternal use of alcohol and fetal talipes equinovarus.An outpatient clinic for pregnant problem drinkers was opened in our hospital in 1983. By the end of September 1984, 43 women had given birth. They had all been registered before . . .

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