Perinatal IV Aluminum and Developmental Delay

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-11-6-1

Keywords:

Aluminum Exposure, Neurotoxicity, Developmental Delay

Abstract

The effect of perinatal exposure to intravenous aluminum on the neurologic development of 227 premature infants (<34 weeks gestation, <1850g weight) from the neonatal intensive care unit of Rosie Maternity Hospital, Cambridge, UK was studied at the Dunn Nutrition Unit, Cambridge, and the Institute of Child Health, London.

Published

1997-06-01

Issue

Section

Toxic and Substance Use Disorders