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

Ther Drug Monit. 2003 Apr;25(2):132-6. doi: 10.1097/00007691-200304000-00002.

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.

Publication types

  • Biography
  • Classical Article
  • Comment
  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • Abnormalities, Drug-Induced / etiology
  • Abnormalities, Drug-Induced / history*
  • Adolescent
  • Alcohol Drinking / adverse effects
  • Alcohol Drinking / history
  • Alcoholism / complications
  • Alcoholism / history*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders / etiology
  • Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders / history*
  • History, 20th Century
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Pregnancy

Personal name as subject

  • P Lemoine
  • H Harousseau
  • J P Borteyru
  • J C Menuet