[Vertebral involvement and fetal alcohol syndrome].

Vertebral abnormalities observed in 8 children with fetal alcohol syndrome are described and discussed. They include scoliosis (4 cases), neural tube defects (4 cases) and complex malformations of the cervical spine (2 cases). The latter probably constitute a different entity from that of the Klippel-Feil syndrome. It is probable that alcohol plays a direct role in the genesis of these abnormalities.