Abstract

The association between the ingestion of tartrazine synthetic food coloring and behavioral change in children referred for assessment of hyperactivity was investigated at the Royal Children’s Hospital, University of Melbourne, Australia.

Highlights

  • An additional 2 cases are reported in Progress in Pediatric Neurology Vol II

  • A case of mutism followed by dysarthria and agrammatic speech is reported in an adult after a right cerebellar infarction

  • FOOD COLORING AND BEHAVIOR The association between the ingestion of tartrazine synthetic food coloring and behavioral change in children referred for assessment of hyperactivity was investigated at the Royal Children's Hospital, University of Melbourne, Australia

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FOOD COLORING AND BEHAVIOR The association between the ingestion of tartrazine synthetic food coloring and behavioral change in children referred for assessment of hyperactivity was investigated at the Royal Children's Hospital, University of Melbourne, Australia. The authors cite 36 cases of cerebellar mutism from the literature. An additional 2 cases are reported in Progress in Pediatric Neurology Vol II.

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