Multifocal central nervous system damage caused by toluene abuse

Neurology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 1983, Pages 1337-1339

  Lazar, Richard B ^a   Ho, Sam U ^a   Melen, Onur ^a   Daghestani, Amin N ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUE; MERSALYL; TOLUENE;

BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS; EVOKED BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; GLUE SNIFFING; HEARING; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; OPSOCLONUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TOLUENE;

EID: 0020558944     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.33.10.1337     Document Type: Article

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