Disorders of brain development in the progeny of mothers who used alcohol during pregnancy

Early Human Development

Volumn 48, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 153-166

  Konovalov, Henrich V ^a   Kovetsky, Nickolaji S ^a   Bobryshev, Yuri V ^b,c   Ashwell, Ken W S ^c  

^a Intl Inst Hum Potential Abilities   (Russian Federation)

^b Brain Ctr and Inst for Human Brain   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Encephalocoele; Fetal alcohol syndrome; Microgyria

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MORPHOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CHOROID PLEXUS; EPITHELIUM; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0030907335     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3782(96)01848-8     Document Type: Article

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