Phosphatidylethanol Levels in Postpartum Women and Their Newborns in Uruguay and Brazil.

CONCLUSIONS: Clinicians may want to consider newborn PEth screening in high-risk populations where prenatal alcohol use is common. The mechanism underlying significantly higher PEth levels in newborns compared with their mothers is not known.
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Source: Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research - May 21, 2020 Category: Addiction Authors: Baldwin AE, Hayes N, Ostrander E, Magri R, Sass N, Dos Anjos Mesquita M, Martínez M, Juliani MC, Cabral P, Fleming M Tags: Alcohol Clin Exp Res Source Type: research