Alcohol
Volume 23, Issue 1 , Pages 49-57 , January 2001

Regional differences in cell loss associated with binge-like alcohol exposure during the first two trimesters equivalent in the rat

Received 9 December 1999 ,Revised 12 September 2000 ,Accepted 27 September 2000.

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