These malformations persist with age.
Small height persists into adulthood.
Abnormalities in the nervous system , caused by brain atrophy and incomplete development of some parts of the brain resulting in severe intellectual handicaps. The most frequent malformations are of the heart, external genital organs and joints. Children with F.A.S., are not sterile when they become adult. Women, if they are abstinent, give birth to healthy babies. Men, alcoholic or not, married to sober wives have normal offspring.