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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Prenatal Methylmercury Poisoning: Clinical Observations Over Five Years
American Journal of Diseases of Children, Volume 133, No. 2, Year 1979
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Thirty-two infants prenatally exposed to methylmercury and their mothers were examined over a five-year period after the Iraqi methylmercury epidemic. Severity of poisoning in mothers was related to the peak mercury concentration in their hair and in the infants to the maximum concentration in maternal hair during pregnancy. In nine cases of cerebral palsy, methylmercury exposure occurred only during the last trimester. All infants except three (two were orphaned soon after birth and one was bottle-fed) were exposed postnatally via suckling. Whereas the mother's symptoms usually improved, the damage to the fetal nervous system appears to be permanent. Milder cases previously not identified in other studies are reported. The syndrome consists of varying degrees of developmental retardation in addition to exaggerated tendon reflexes and the pathologic extensor plantar reflex (minimal brain damage syndrome). © 1979, American Medical Association. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Amin-Zaki, Laman
Iraq, Baghdad
University of Baghdad
Majeed, Mohammed A.
Iraq, Baghdad
University of Baghdad
Elhassani, Sami B.
United States, Charleston
Medical University of South Carolina
Clarkson, Thomas William
United States, Rochester
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Greenwood, Michael R.
United States, Rochester
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Doherty, Richard A.
United States, Rochester
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Statistics
Citations: 148
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1001/archpedi.1979.02130020064013
ISSN:
00968994
e-ISSN:
23742976
Research Areas
Disability
Maternal And Child Health
Sexual And Reproductive Health