Alcohol is a common human teratogen that, when ingested by a pregnant woman, can produce a wide array of Fetal complications. The fetus's developing brain seems most sensitive to prenatal Alcohol exposure: Alcohol-related brain damage can be quite diffuse, ranging from microcellular, neurochemical aberrations to macroscopic malformations (Stratton, Howe, and Battaglie, 1996).
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