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Classical Article
. 2003 Apr;25(2):132-6.
doi: 10.1097/00007691-200304000-00002.

Children of alcoholic parents--observed anomalies: discussion of 127 cases

P Lemoine, H Harousseau, J P Borteyru, J C Menuet
Classical Article

Children of alcoholic parents--observed anomalies: discussion of 127 cases

P Lemoine et al. Ther Drug Monit. 2003 Apr.

Abstract

After investigating 127 offspring of alcoholic parents (mostly mothers), we consider the role of chronic alcoholism on the offspring to be very harmful, causing the following: miscarriages, stillbirths, prematurity, growth retardation, psychosomatic alterations with very specific facial features, and malformations.

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