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Transient cortical blindness in an infant exposed to methamphetamine.

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Gospe, SM
Published in: Ann Emerg Med
September 1995

An 11-month-old boy was brought to the pediatric emergency department for evaluation of acute onset of irritability and involuntary side-to-side turning of the head. Neurologic examination revealed cortical blindness. Toxicologic studies of blood and urine were positive for methamphetamine. The infant's vision and activity returned to normal within 12 hours. The possible mechanisms of this unusual form of amphetamine toxicity are discussed.

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Ann Emerg Med

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0196-0644

Publication Date

September 1995

Volume

26

Issue

3

Start / End Page

380 / 382

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Neurologic Examination
  • Methamphetamine
  • Male
  • Infant
  • Humans
  • Emergency & Critical Care Medicine
  • Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Cerebral Cortex
  • Blindness
 

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Gospe, S. M. (1995). Transient cortical blindness in an infant exposed to methamphetamine. Ann Emerg Med, 26(3), 380–382. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0196-0644(95)70090-0
Gospe, S. M. “Transient cortical blindness in an infant exposed to methamphetamine.Ann Emerg Med 26, no. 3 (September 1995): 380–82. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0196-0644(95)70090-0.
Gospe SM. Transient cortical blindness in an infant exposed to methamphetamine. Ann Emerg Med. 1995 Sep;26(3):380–2.
Gospe, S. M. “Transient cortical blindness in an infant exposed to methamphetamine.Ann Emerg Med, vol. 26, no. 3, Sept. 1995, pp. 380–82. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(95)70090-0.
Gospe SM. Transient cortical blindness in an infant exposed to methamphetamine. Ann Emerg Med. 1995 Sep;26(3):380–382.
Journal cover image

Published In

Ann Emerg Med

DOI

ISSN

0196-0644

Publication Date

September 1995

Volume

26

Issue

3

Start / End Page

380 / 382

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Neurologic Examination
  • Methamphetamine
  • Male
  • Infant
  • Humans
  • Emergency & Critical Care Medicine
  • Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Cerebral Cortex
  • Blindness