An Infant Is Born with Facial Irregularities and a Small

question 436

Multiple Choice

An infant is born with facial irregularities and a small, malformed brain. As the child grows up, she shows symptoms of mental retardation and tends to be both irritable and hostile. It is most likely that this infant's abnormalities are a function of her mother's prenatal exposure to

• A)HIV
• B)untreated syphilis
• C)excessive alcohol
• D)nicotine

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