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Postnatal nutritional treatment of neurocognitive deficits in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
Biochemistry and cell biology = Biochimie et biologie cellulaire - 1 Apr 2018
Bastons-Compta A, Astals M, Andreu-Fernandez V, Navarro-Tapia E, Garcia-Algar O
Abstract excerpt
Ethanol is the most important teratogen agent in humans. Prenatal alcohol exposure can lead to a wide range of adverse effects, which are broadly termed as fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). The most severe consequence of maternal alcohol abuse is the development of fetal alcohol syndrome, defined by growth retardation, facial malformations, and central nervous system impairment expressed as microcephaly and...
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