Citation

Alehan F, Erol I, Onay OS. Birth Defects Res. A Clin. Mol. Teratol. 2007; 79(8): 614-616.

Affiliation

Department of Pediatrics, Neurology Division, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/bdra.20379

PMID

17584908

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning in pregnancy is a relatively rare occurrence, but it can result in fetal mortality and neurologic complications in fetuses who survive to term. CASE: We describe the course of an infant who was acutely exposed to CO at 20 weeks of gestation. CONCLUSIONS: We conclude that despite maternal well-being, CO intoxication at critical periods of human brain development can lead to hypoxic-ischemic lesions in the globus pallidus and that dystonic cerebral palsy may develop in the infant during long-term follow-up.

Language: en