Recent findings from longitudinal followup studies of adolescents and adults with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) indicate that the deficits associated with this disorder are long lasting and pervasive. In addition, followup data from several large, prospective studies of cohorts representing a broad range of alcohol exposure levels have confirmed that although FAS represents the severe end of a continuum of birth defects, moderate levels of alcohol intake produce physical and neurobehavioral deficits that are similar to, but less severe than, FAS (e.g., , ; ; ; ).
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