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What is the medical term meaning an agent that causes birth defects?
A teratogen is an agent that causes birth defects.
Is an agent that can cause birth defects known as amniocentesis?
No; a teratogen is an agent that can cause birth defects.
What is the medical term meaning factor that causes abnormal fetal development and birth defects?
A teratogen is a factor that causes birth defects.
What are the four categories of birth defects?
The four causes of birth defects are body metabolism,function of structure, and heart.
Bipolar and agent orange?
No, think major birth defects.. cancer etc.
What are the four causes of birth defects?
born in the wrong age
The agent responsible for deformed limbs in the newborns in the late 1950s was?
thalidomide, a mild sedative-hypnotic agent. During the 1950s women in more than 20 countries who had taken this drug gave birth to more than 7,000 severely deformed babies. The principal defect these children suffered is phocomelia, characterized by extremely short limbs often with no fingers or toes.Read more: Birth Defects - Causes of defects, Physical birth defects, Hereditary diseases and syndromes http://science.jrank.org/pages/935/Birth-Defects.html#ixzz0tAC3sUFR
What happened to the south after the war?
They were born later with birth defects caused by Agent Orange.
What is a discrete group of birth defects that are as a result of a single cause called?
Such groups of defects are called "syndromes".
Can birth control be harmful if you are pregnant and do not know it?
Myth: I've heard that the pill causes birth defects. The Truth: The pill does not cause birth defects or affect the health of future children
Can marijuana cause birth deffects?
There is currently no scientific evidence to support the theory that cannabis causes birth defects.
What are some causes of blindness?
old age, deterioration, and birth defects are the most common.
