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Add abnormal nerve conduction to the list of neonatal problems resulting from heavy maternal drinking during pregnancy, according to Dr. Maria de los Angeles Avaria of the University of Chile, Santiago, and her associates.
The first electrophysiologic study of the peripheral nervous system in neonates and young children whose mothers drank alcohol heavily during pregnancy found slower ulnar motor nerve velocity and smaller proximal and distal amplitude in 17 children exposed to more than 2 ounces of alcohol per day in utero, compared with 13 children whose mothers, did not drink during pregnancy (J. Pediatr, 144[3] 338-43, 2004).
The study did not find clinical evidence of peripheral ...