[Alcohol embryo-fetpathies].

A short description of the clinical entity "alcohol embryo-fetopathy" is given. Following the first publication of 127 cases by Lemoine et al. (1968) numerous papers with together more than 400 cases have been published. Dysmorphic symptoms, intellectual and motoric retardation and facultative anomalies are listed. The diagnosis can be confirmed by the phenotypical signs and the alcohol history of the mother.