| Alcohol is a known teratogen whose neurobehavioral effects have been found to be more injurious than cocaine and other drugs abused prenatally. |
| Like other mammals, female mice manufacture prenatally all the eggs they will ever have. |
| Many genetic and congenital disorders can be diagnosed prenatally through screening. |
| In the most severe cases, children exposed to alcohol prenatally have a pattern of birth defects identified as fetal alcohol syndrome. |
| Malformations affecting the spine are often diagnosed prenatally or are apparent in the delivery room. |
| That process begins prenatally and extends through the entire period of the child's early life. |
