Meconium Fatty Acid Ethyl Esters as Biomarkers of Late Gestational Ethanol Exposure and Indicator of Ethanol-Induced Multi-Organ Injury in Fetal Sheep

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Zelner, Irene ^a,b   Kenna, Kelly ^c   Brien, James F ^d   Bocking, Alan ^e   Harding, Richard ^c   Walker, David ^c   Koren, Gideon ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; FATTY ACID ESTER; LINOLEIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; STEARIC ACID; TROPOELASTIN;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; COLLAGEN METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EWE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MECONIUM; NONHUMAN; ORGAN INJURY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TROPOELASTIN GENE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ESTERS; ETHANOL; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; MECONIUM; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SHEEP, DOMESTIC;

EID: 84875316423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059168     Document Type: Article

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