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This SAMHSA Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Center for Excellence research review summarizes a study looking at missed and misdiagnosed cases of FASD. The study found that 86 percent of cases with FASD diagnoses were either unrecognized (80 percent) or misdiagnosed (6 percent) at referral in this sample of foster- and adoptive-care populations. When replicated in other study sets, these findings would have significant implications regarding the need for increased FASD training and diagnostic capacity nationwide.