Alcohol and pregnancy

• Main Authors: Anna Maria Paoletti (Author), Ileana Atzeni (Author), Marisa Orrù (Author), Monica Pilloni (Author), Alessandro Loddo (Author), Martina Zirone (Author), Maria Francesca Marotto (Author), Pierina Zedda (Author), Maria Francesca Fais (Author), Emanuela Stochino Loi (Author), Graziella Boi (Author), Gian Benedetto Melis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hygeia Press di Corridori Marinella, 2013-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Alcohol exerts teratogenic effects in all the gestation times, with peculiar features in relationship to the trimester of pregnancy in which alcohol is assumed. Alcohol itself and its metabolites modify DNA synthesis, cellular division, cellular migration and the fetal development. The characteristi...