[Syndrome of alcoholic embryopathy].

The paper discusses 8 cases with the syndrome of alcoholic embryopathy (5 boys and 3 girls aged from 8 to 14 years). All children examined had specific craniofacial abnormalities, oligophrenia, small height and weight at birth, microcephaly, combined in some cases with different defects of development (defect of interatrial septum, cleft palate, spina bifida). Two cases of alcoholic embryopathy are given in detail. The significance of different factors in the pathogenesis of this syndrome is discussed.