Ethyl Linolenate is Elevated in Meconium of Very Low Birthweight Neonates Exposed to Alcohol In Utero

摘要

BackgroundThe health implications of in utero alcohol exposure have been difficult to study in very low birth weight newborns (VLBW) because of an inability to identify maternal alcohol exposure. Fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEEs) are elevated in meconium of alcohol-exposed term newborns. We hypothesized that meconium FAEEs would be similarly elevated in alcohol-exposed VLBW premature newborns.