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Cocaine intoxication in a breast-fed infant

I J Chasnoff1, D E Lewis, L Squires

  • 1Department of Pediatrics, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL.

Pediatrics
|December 1, 1987
PubMed

A case report of a 2-week-old infant girl who ingested cocaine via her mother's breast milk is presented. Because of the increasing prevalence of cocaine use, physicians should educate breast-feeding women concerning the hazards of cocaine use and its potential effects on the developing infant.

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