Publications by authors named "Clementina Moschella"
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- - Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) refers to a variety of conditions caused by drinking alcohol during pregnancy, impacting the central nervous system, growth, and facial features.
- - Early screening for FASD is critical since there are no treatments; methods include assessing alcohol biomarkers in maternal blood and meconium, as well as using sensitive questionnaires to identify at-risk pregnancies.
- - The review emphasizes the importance of combining alcohol biomarkers with traditional screening tools to ensure more accurate detection and monitoring of alcohol consumption during pregnancy.
Ethyl glucuronide (EtG) is a minor, non-oxidative ethanol metabolite detectable in several matrices for specific periods of time. In recent years, quantification of EtG in hair has been established as the most reliable biomarker for long-term alcohol consumption, with the Society of Hair Testing offering cut-off values for assessment of both abstinence and heavy drinking. Instrumental constrains and wide inter- and intra-laboratory variability represent the ultimate barriers to widespread acceptance of hair EtG determination in the forensic context.
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