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imanialler

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Although there are many maternal illnesses that the placenta can protect the unborn child from, several can have teratogenic effects on the child's development. List five maternal illnesses that can disrupt normal prenatal development, and comment on the potential consequences of each condition.
 
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Overweight adolescents are more likely to be depressed and anxious than their normal weight peers.
 
  a. True
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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

The answer to this question can be found by examining Table 2.4, which lists eight such diseases. They include AIDS, chlamydia, chicken pox, cytomegalovirus, genital herpes, rubella (German measles), syphilis, and toxoplasmosis. The accurate answer will list at least five from this list or from an individual instructor's presentation of teratogenic illnesses. It will also associate the correct possible fetal outcomes with each specific illness.

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Reply #2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Thank you


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