Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Volume 65, Issue 3 , Pages 263-281 , 1 February 2002

Effect of maternal methionine pre-treatment on alcohol-induced exencephaly and axial skeletal dysmorphogenesis in mouse fetuses

  • R Padmanabhan

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    • Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, PO Box 17666, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +971-3-703-9494; fax: +971-3-767-2033
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  • Ahmad Ibrahim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
    • ,
  • Abulbari Bener

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

Received 15 February 2001 ,Accepted 25 May 2001.

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