title: Is it all right to drink a little during pregnancy?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  When I told a female patient who just transferred from another city to abstain from alcohol during pregnancy, she was surprised. She mentioned that, in the past, several doctors had told her it was all right to drink moderately. I am confused. Have I missed something?
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  No, you have not. Women should be advised to abstain from alcohol during pregnancy. There are insufficient data to suggest a safe threshold for fetal alcohol exposure.
authors.affiliation: Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON.
authors.forename: Gideon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Koren
authors.forename: Daniella
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Caprara
authors.forename: Sheila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jacobson
authors.forename: Daphne
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Kelly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Porter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects; D000431:Ethanol / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010819:Physician's Role; D010821:Physicians, Family; D011247:Pregnancy
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol