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Alcohol-induced alterations in the palate epithelium of the rat fetus
C de Oliveira1, G Maia-Campos, R A Lopes
1Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias de Jaboticabal, UNESP, Brazil.
Brazilian Dental Journal
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
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.