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We report a confirmed case of cannabis exposure in an Omani female child with developmental delay. Cannabis exposure in children can lead to many consequences; for example, chronic use can result in developmental delay, abnormal behaviour, and hyperactivity while there is a risk of coma with acute exposure. It is important for clinicians to consider substance abuse as a differential diagnosis for similar presentations in paediatric patients, noting that children are at risk of cannabis exposure if their parents/caregivers are cannabis users.

 

 

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Cannabis abuse Child abuse Child development Developmental delay disorders Case report Oman.

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Al-Shidhani, T. A., & Arora, V. (2011). Cannabis Exposure in an Omani Child : First case report from Oman. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 11(4), 511–514. Retrieved from https://journals.squ.edu.om/index.php/squmj/article/view/1633

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