Is there a fetal gasoline syndrome?
- 1 August 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Teratology
- Vol. 20 (1) , 75-79
- https://doi.org/10.1002/tera.1420200111
Abstract
Two children from a small Amerindian community presented with profound retardation, initial hypotonia progressing to hypertonia, scaphocephaly, a prominent occiput, poor postnatal head growth, and additional minor anomalies. Abuse of gasoline by inhalation was a widespread problem in the community, and gasoline inhalation during the pregnancy could be documented in both of the pregnancies. We are raising the question as to whether inhalation of gasoline during pregnancy may be teratogenic in humans.Keywords
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