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THE TERATOGENIC EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL FOLLOWING EXPOSURE DURING PREGNANCY, AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE CHROMOSOME CONSTITUTION OF THE PRE-OVULATORY EGG
1 Mar 1997
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Much information has emerged over the years concerning the teratogenicity of acute and chronic alcohol exposure during pregnancy. Both alcohol and its primary metabolite, acetaldehyde, are teratogenic. Exposure during pregnancy may lead to fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), and this is said to occur in a substantial proportion of infants born to mothers who are chronic, heavy daily drinkers. Such infants usually...
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