Association of Fatty Acid Ethyl Esters in Meconium of Neonates with Growth Deficits at Birth: a Prospective, Single-Centre Cohort Study.
Hyun-Seung LeeYeon-Hee KimHo-Seok KwakJung-Yeol HanSun-Jin JoHae-Kook LeePublished in: Journal of Korean medical science (2018)
The elevated cumulative FAEEs in meconium were associated with combined growth deficits at birth, specifically HC and length, both, 10th percentile or less, which might be correlated with detrimental alcohol effects on fetal brain and bone development, suggesting a plausible alcohol-specific pattern of intrauterine growth restriction.