NEUROTRANSMITTER FUNCTION: CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH IN UTERO ALCOHOL EXPOSURE

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: From Mechanism to Prevention

Volumn , Issue , 2022, Pages 171-189

  Manteuffel, Mary Druse ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781003068761-8     Document Type: Chapter

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