Ballistic movements due to ischemic infarcts after intravenous heroin overdose: Report of two cases

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 259-262

  Vila, Nicolás ^a   Chamorro, Angel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Globus pallidus; Haloperidol; Hemiballism; Heroin; Ischemic stroke; Naloxone; Neostriatum

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; HALOPERIDOL; NALOXONE;

ADULT; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY MOVEMENT; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMA; CORPUS STRIATUM; DRUG OVERDOSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HEMIBALLISM; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEOSTRIATUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; STROKE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ADULT; ANTI-DYSKINESIA AGENTS; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMA; CORPUS STRIATUM; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HALOPERIDOL; HEROIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; OVERDOSE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031454211     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-8467(97)00088-7     Document Type: Article

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