Intrauterine diethyltoluamide exposure and fetal outcome.
The CNS toxicity of the insect repellent, diethyltoluamide (DEET), has been documented by several publications on severely affected adults and children. We report a 4-year-old boy with mental retardation, impaired sensorimotor coordination, and craniofacial dysmorphology, whose mother applied DEET daily throughout her whole pregnancy in addition to the prophylactic use of chloroquine.
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Beratungsstelle für Embryotoxikologie, Berlin, Germany.
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D000014:Abnormalities, Drug-Induced / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000523:psychology; D000328:Adult; D003671:DEET / Q000633:toxicity*; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D011247:Pregnancy; D012869:Skin Absorption; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D003671:DEET