October 20, 2005

Study shows that prenatal exposure to alcohol may cause visual problems in infants

These two medical newsletters, along with others on the Internet, have articles about a fetal alcohol syndrome study by professor Sandra Jacobson at Wayne State University and researchers from the University of Cape Town . The study, which is reported in "The Journal of Pediatrics," shows that prenatal alcohol exposure can affect an infant's visual acuity. The articles explain methodology of the study and point out that in-depth ophthalmologic evaluation of infants in the study throughout childhood would be necessary to determine the extent of visual abnormalities due to prenatal alcohol exposure. Jacobson is a professor of psychiatry in the WSU School of Medicine.

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