title: Cerebral palsy due to nonlethal maternal carbon monoxide intoxication.
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.
  
  
  METHODS
  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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Neurology Division, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Füsun
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Alehan
authors.forename: Ilknur
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Erol
authors.forename: Ozge Sürmeli
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: Onay
mesh_terms: D000014:Abnormalities, Drug-Induced / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002248:Carbon Monoxide / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002249:Carbon Monoxide Poisoning; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D047109:Fetal Development / Q000187:drug effects*; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D019570:Inhalation Exposure; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D018811:Maternal Exposure; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D011247:Pregnancy
chemical_list: D002248:Carbon Monoxide