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Does alcohol affects teenage growth?

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Dr. Mohammad Khan
Pediatrics 32 years experience
YES: alcohol use in excess may have many bad side effects on many systems of your body including nutrition, livers, kidney and brain . May result in nutritional deficiencies and hormonal influences affecting growth
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