METABOLIC AND MITOTIC CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH THE FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME

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In the USA, fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is the leading known cause of mental retardation. FAS is estimated to affect 4000 infants yearly in the USA with an additional 7000 children suffering various forms of fetal alcohol effects in the absence of the full syndrome. A comparable incidence would be expected in other industrialized countries, but essentially no data are available from either developing or third...

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