A characteristic pattern of mild facial anomalies, including small eye openings (i.e., short palpebral fissures), a thin upper lip, or flattened ridges between the base of the nose and the upper lip (i.e., a flattened philtrum) associated with FAS.

Source: Warren, K.R., and Foudin, L.L. Alcohol-related birth defects—The past, present, and future. Alcohol Research & Health 25(3):153–158, 2001.

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Prepared: February 2005