Alcohol-induced alterations in the palate epithelium of the rat fetus.
Maternal alcoholism (ethanol and sugar cane brandy) during gestation induces delayed cellular growth and differentiation in fetal rat palate epithelium, with increased nuclear, cytoplasmic and cellular volumes, increased epithelial and keratin thickness and decreased cellular numerical density.
de Oliveira
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Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias de Jaboticabal, UNESP, Brazil.
Maia-Campos
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Lopes
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Sala
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Petenusci
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D000818:Animals; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development / Q000187:drug effects*; D004848:Epithelium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000196:embryology; D000431:Ethanol / Q000633:toxicity*; D005260:Female; D063647:Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders / Q000473:pathology*; D010159:Palate / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000196:embryology; D011247:Pregnancy; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
D000431:Ethanol