Toxic psychosis due to chloroquine--not uncommon in children.
Toxic psychosis due to Chloroquine is a relatively uncommon occurrence in childhood. This entity must be kept in differential diagnosis in a case of unexplained psychosis, before resorting to a sophisticated array of detailed investigations. The purpose of this is to familiarize pediatricians with this relatively uncommon entity. The authors encountered four cases of psychosis with a wide variety of symptomatology over a period of the past 18 months.
Department of Pediatrics & Neonatology, J.L.N. Medical College, Ajmer, India.
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D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002738:Chloroquine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D011605:Psychoses, Substance-Induced / Q000209:etiology*
D002738:Chloroquine