title: Maternal alcohol ingestion and neural tube defects: observation of four brothers in a family.
abstract: The authors report the observation of four brothers with myelomeningoceles, sons of an alcoholic mother. The typical signs of the alcohol fetal syndrome was seen in only one of them. The chronic alcoholism of the mother was the only known teratogenic factor during the four pregnancies.
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Hospital General de Galicia, School of Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Castro-Gago
authors: I
authors: I
authors: Novo
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Peña
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D063647:Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000235:genetics; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000235:genetics*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012307:Risk Factors