A woman gives birth to a small infant with a malformed skull. the infant grows abnormally slow and shows signs of substantial cognitive and intellectual deficits. the child also has facial abnormalities that becomes more striking as it develops. what might you expect to find in the mother's pregnancy history?

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Hana Mcconnell

22 July, 03:27

A woman gives birth to a small infant with a malformed skull. the infant grows abnormally slow and shows signs of substantial cognitive and intellectual deficits. the child also has facial abnormalities that becomes more striking as it develops. what might you expect to find in the mother's pregnancy history?

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Kristian · Answer 1

The reason why the infant of the mother has this type of abnormality is because of a history that she could have done that could have contributed to this abnormality, what would likely be the cause and the reason it occurred is because the mother has a history of chronic alcohol abuse.