Reproductive Toxicology
Volume 6, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 175-176
[h=1]Intrauterine diethyltoluamide exposure and fetal outcome
Christof Schaefer, MD 1[SUP],[/SUP] [SUP]∗[/SUP], Paul W.J. Peters [SUP]?[/SUP][/h] [h=2]Abstract[/h] 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.
[h=2]Keywords[/h]
- diethyltoluamide;
- teratology;
- insect repellents;
- pregnancy;
- fetal outcome;
- CNS toxicity
