Child Health and Nutrition Research in Africa
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Prof Denis Viljoen

Foundation for Alcohol Related Research (FARR) - Human Genetics
Contact Details
E-maildenis.viljoen@nhls.co.za
Telephone+27 11 4899211
Fax+27 11 4899226
Research Interests
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, education of primary health care workers
Keywords
Health and Disease - Other specific conditions, Health and Disease - Child development
Publications
Amniocentesis - too dangerous and too late
SAMJ 89(11): 1118-1120
Principal Author: Viljoen DL et al

Characteristics of Mothers of Children with fetal Alcohol Syndrome in the Western Cape Province of South Africa
Journal of Study Alcoholism, 2001; 63: 6-17l

Epidemiology Studies for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome in Four Gauteng Communities
Report prepared for National Department of Health, Directorate Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Pretoria, South Africa; 2001

Alcohol dehdyrogenase -2*2 allele is associated with decreased prevalence of fetal alcohol syndrome in the mixed-ancestry population of the Western Cape Province, South Africa
December 2001. Alcohol Clin Exp Res, Vol 25, N0 12: pp 1719-1722

Twenty year birth prevalence of Down Syndrome in Cape Town, South Africa
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 11:428-435

Alcohol consumption by pregnant women in the Western Cape
SAMJ 89(9): 962-965

The epidemiology of fetal alcohol syndrome in a South African community in the Western Cape Province
Am J Public Health 90(12):1905-1912

Patterns of Cognitive-Motor Development in Children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome from a Community in South Africa
Alcohol Clin Exp Res, 25(4):557-562

Effects of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure on Infant Visual Acuity in Two Cohorts
24th Annual Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA) Scientific Conference, Montreal, Canada, 23-28 June 2001

A stereo-photogrammetic method to measure the facial dysmorphology of children in the diagnosis of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Submitted 2001

Systemic alcohol exposure during free-choice drinking in women with or without a child with fetal alcohol syndrome
Submitted 2001