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DevToxBackground: Berlin DevTox workshops

Since 1995, four Workshops on the Terminology in Developmental Toxicology have been held in Berlin:

The first Workshop, in 1995, discussed the uses and misuses of the IFTS glossary, which is presented in the publication of the first report.

Wise et al., (1997) Terminology of developmental abnormalities in common laboratory mammals (version 1). Teratology 55: 249–292
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The second Workshop, in 1998, discussed the advantages of using a classification system for fetal observations and established working definitions for two classification categories which were "malformation" and "variation".

Chahoud et al., (1999) Classification terms in developmental toxicology: need for harmonisation. Report of the Second Workshop on the Terminology in Developmental Toxicology. Berlin, 27-28 August 1998. Reprod Toxicol 13: 77–82
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The third Workshop, in 2000, discussed the categorization of the skeletal observations listed in the glossary produced by the IFTS, using the classification system agreed at the second Berlin Workshop.

Solecki R et al., (2001) Harmonisation of rat fetal skeletal terminology and classification. Report of the Third Workshop on the Terminology in Developmental Toxicology. Berlin, 14–16 September 2000. Reprod Toxicol 15: 713-721
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The fourth Workshop, in 2002, discussed the categorization of external and soft tissue anomalies listed in the glossary produced by the IFTS, using the classification system agreed at the second Berlin Workshop.

Solecki R et al., (2003) Harmonization of rat fetal external and visceral terminology and classification. Report of the Fourth Workshop on the Terminology in Developmental Toxicology, Berlin, 18-20 April 2002. Reprod Toxicol 17: 625-637
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