TRANSIENT DYSTONIA OF INFANCY, A RESULT OF INTRAUTERINE COCAINE EXPOSURE

Authors
BELTRAN RS COKER SB
Citation
Rs. Beltran et Sb. Coker, TRANSIENT DYSTONIA OF INFANCY, A RESULT OF INTRAUTERINE COCAINE EXPOSURE, Pediatric neurology, 12(4), 1995, pp. 354-356
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences,Pediatrics
Journal title
Pediatric neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
08878994
Volume
12
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
354 - 356
Database
ISI
SICI code
0887-8994(1995)12:4<354:TDOIAR>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Intrauterine cocaine exposure has been associated with multiple transi ent and permanent neurologic sequelae. Although dystonic reactions hav e been reported in cocaine users, infantile dystonia following intraut erine exposure has not. We describe 4 infants testing positive for coc aine metabolite at birth with subsequent transient dystonic reactions, beginning at 3 hours to 3 months of age and persisting for several mo nths.