FIGURE 2.17 Facial Features of FAS These two children display the three primary diagnostic facial features of fetal alcohol syndrome: small eyes (as measured across); the absence of, or flattening of, the vertical groove between the nose and the upper lip (smooth philtrum); and a thin upper lip. It appears that the more pronounced these features are in an affected child, the greater the likelihood that the child experienced prenatal brain damage. Roughly 1 in 1000 infants born in the United States has FAS.
SUSAN ASTLEY, PHD, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
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