Intracranial hemorrhage associated with cocaine abuse: A prospective autopsy study

Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1291-1296

  Nolte, Kurt B ^a,b   Brass, Lawrence M ^c   Fletterick, Carol F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Office of the Chief Medical Examiner   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d State of Connecticut   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBELLUM HEMORRHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0029997027     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.46.5.1291     Document Type: Article

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