Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: an International Perspective

This article presents the proceedings of a symposium presented at the 2004 annual meeting of the International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism, held in Mannheim, Germany. The organizers and chairpersons were Kerstin Stromland and Kenneth R. Warren. The presentations were as follows: 1) “Comparison of FASD in Moscow, Russia, and San Diego, California,” by Sarah N. Mattson; 2) “Neurobehavior and Interventions in FASD in South Africa,” presented by Colleen M. Adnams; 3) “Ophthalmologic Involvement in the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome” presented by Kerstin Strömland; and 4) “Brain Imaging in Children With Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders,” by Ilona Autti-Rämö.