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Fetal Alcohol SyndromFetal Alcohol SyndromFetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is defined as “a specific pattern of abnormalities in infants born to chronic alcohol mothers” (Jones, Smith, Ulleland, & Streissguth, 1973). The abnormalities that the definition suggests are growth retardation, central nervous system dysfunction, and morphological anomalies such as narrowing of the forehead, thin upper lip, flattened.