Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and fetal alcohol syndrome: The state of the art and new diagnostic tools

Early Human Development

Volumn 89, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages

  Memo, Luigi ^a   Gnoato, Elisa ^b   Caminiti, Stefania ^a   Pichini, Simona ^c   Tarani, Luigi ^d  

^a SAN MARTINO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Biomarkers; Brain; Fetal alcohol syndrome; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A; ACYLTRANSFERASE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLINE; ETHYL GLUCURONIDE; FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID ESTER; FOLIC ACID; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCURONIC ACID; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; RETINOL; SULFOTRANSFERASE; TRANSFERRIN;

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN MALFORMATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONJUGATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MICROCEPHALY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REVIEW; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MECONIUM; PREGNANCY; TERATOGENS;

EID: 84879807820     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3782(13)70013-6     Document Type: Review

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