[Current problems of alcoholic embryo- and fetopathy].

The authors consider the least studied questions of alcoholic embryo- and fetopathy in the mechanism of the teratogenic action of alcohol on the development of the embryo and fetus and emphasize the importance of the time of damage, genotype, and additional effects of the environment. On the basis of analysis of the literature and their own data the authors have identified the most important manifestations of the fetal alcohol syndrome at different stages of the child development. The questions of the differential diagnosis are also discussed.