BRIEF COMMUNICATION TBARS and BDNF levels in newborns exposed to crack/ cocaine during pregnancy: a comparative study
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TBARS and BDNF levels in newborns exposed to crack/ cocaine during pregnancy: a comparative study Victor Mardini, Luis A. Rohde, Keila M. Ceresér, Carolina M. Gubert, Emily G. da Silva, Fernando Xavier, Rodrigo Parcianello, Liane M. Röhsig, Flávio Pechansky, Claudia M. Szobot Serviço de Psiquiatria da Infância e Adolescência (SPIA), Hospital de Clı́nicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina: Psiquiatria, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatria do Desenvolvimento (INPD), São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Departamento de Psiquiatria, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Laboratório de Psiquiatria Molecular, Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia Translacional em Medicina (INCT-TM), HCPA, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Faculdade de Ciências Biomédicas, Centro Universitário Metodista IPA, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Unidade de Criobiologia, Banco de Cordão Umbilical e Placentário, HCPA, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Centro de Pesquisa em Álcool e Drogas, HCPA, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
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