Can prenatal ultrasound detect the effects of in-utero alcohol exposure? A pilot study

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 683-689

  Kfir, M ^a   Yevtushok, L ^e   Onishchenko, S ^e   Wertelecki, W ^c   Bakhireva, L ^d   Chambers, C D ^a   Jones, K L ^b   Hull, A D ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^e OMNI Center   (Ukraine)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain measurement; Frontothalamic distance; Prenatal alcohol exposure; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDER; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS MONITORING; FETUS WEIGHT; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UKRAINE;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; UKRAINE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 66449110264     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.6379     Document Type: Article

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