Discriminating the effects of prenatal alcohol exposure from other behavioral and learning disorders

Alcohol Research and Health

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 42-50

  Coles, Claire D ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MARCUS AUTISM CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol effects; Alcoholrelated neurodevelopmental disorder; Behavioral disorders; Developmental disorders; Diagnosis; Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders; Fetal alcohol syndrome; Learning disorders; Neurodevelopmental effects; Prenatal alcohol exposure

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; COMORBIDITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECTS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDERS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 79961002300     PISSN: 15357414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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