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ABDS 2009 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING

Planning Pregnancy and Preventing Birth defects

Invited international speakers: John Graham, Bob Brent

Invited national speakers: Frank Nicholas, Carol Bower, Bill Webster, Sandra Lowe, Neil Hotham, Kris Barlow-Stewart, Jane Halliday, Leeanda Wilton, Debra Kennedy, Pam Palasanthiran

Tribute to Marsh Edwards· 

  • The role of hyperthermia in human birth defects – John Graham· 

  • Birth and other defects in animals : continuing in the footsteps of Marsh Edwards – Frank NicholasTony Lipson

Lecture: The cause and prevention of Congenital Malformations – will we ever prevent this groups of diseases? Bob Brent 

New perspectives on old problems· 

  • Alcohol

  • Ionising radiation

  • Dental care

  • CMV

Fetal consequences of maternal conditions· 

  • Obesity and pregnancy

  • Diabetes and diabetic embryopathy

  • Folic acid

Policy and Practice

  • Drugs in pregnancy and planning pregnancy

  • Genetics Education

  • Prenatal diagnosis and screening

  • PGD and preventing birth defects

  • PLaN 

Earlier Event: December 1
ABDS 2007 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING