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Fetal blood alcohol

Alcohol is highly toxic in the fetuses of pregnant women because its high solubility in both oil and water enables it to easily cross the placenta. The level of alcohol in fetal blood rises almost as rapidly as the level of alcohol in maternal blood. Within an hour, the level of alcohol is the same in both mother and fetus.14 Approximately 12 hours are needed for alcohol to be... [Pg.133]

Experiments that reveal the effects of alcohol on nerve cells of the prenatal developing brain in humans are not feasible, but animal experiments show that exposure of the fetus to a relatively low level of ethyl alcohol in maternal and fetal blood promotes significant changes in the migration of neurons to... [Pg.139]

The mechanisms that underlie ethanol s teratogenic effects are unknown. Ethanol rapidly crosses the placenta and reaches concentrations in the fetus that are similar to those in maternal blood. The fetal liver has little or no alcohol dehydrogenase activity, so the fetus must rely on maternal and placental enzymes for elimination of alcohol. [Pg.498]

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