The effects of alcohol on fetal development

Birth Defects Research Part C - Embryo Today: Reviews

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-11

  Jones, Kenneth Lyons ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders; Fetal development; Neurobehavioral impairment

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; CHOLINE; ZINC;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS; CLEFT PALATE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS MALFORMATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; JAW MALFORMATION; JOINT MALFORMATION; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL AGE; MAXILLARY HYPOPLASIA; MICROCEPHALY; MICROSCOPY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PALPEBRAL FISSURE ANOMALY; PHENOTYPE; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOOTH PHILTRUM; SOCIAL STATUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ETHANOL; FACE; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79952800450     PISSN: 1542975X     EISSN: 15429768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrc.20200     Document Type: Review

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