PEDIATRICS Vol. 58 No. 5 November 1976, pp. 771-772
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A Search for Children With Possible MSG Intolerance

Liane Reif-Lehrer Ph.D.1

1 Eye Research Institute of the Retina Foundation, 20 Stamford Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114

Reif-Lehrer and Stemmermann1 recently reported on three children with a variety of neurological symptoms which were alleviated by the avoidance of foods containing exogenously added monosodium glutamate (MSG). We now have several additional children who are suspect. Most recently, I have obtained information about a child who was having increasing episodes of trembling, ringing in his ears, strange finger sensations, etc. Neither phenobarbital nor diphenylhydantoin had helped the child. In fact, the attacks increased in both severity and frequency after the child was given diphenylhydantoin.