Engelsk titel: Fetal alcohol syndrome is not the only consequence of prenatal alcohol exposure
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Författare:
Sarman, Ihsan
;
Rangmar, Jenny
Email: ihsan.sarman@sll.se
Språk: Swe
Antal referenser: 12
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 17100215
Sammanfattning
The prevalence of fetal alcohol syndrome and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in larger communities in USA is now updated to 0.4 % and 4.8 % respectively. Affected individuals bear witness to disease symptoms from many organ systems in addition to the brain and behavioural dysfunctions. In the light of modern epigenetic research, early alcohol exposure appears to play a hidden role in fetal reprogramming. The underlying mechanisms explain the »developmental origin of health and disease«, which has an impact on complex interactions between genome, environment and epigenetics.