Bilateral borderzone brain infarctions in association with heroin abuse

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 180-182

  Niehaus, Ludwig ^a   Meyer, Bernd Ulrich ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heroin; Magnetic resonance imaging; Stroke; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DIAMORPHINE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERIES; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; HEMIPLEGIA; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SEIZURES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0032497691     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(98)00241-X     Document Type: Article

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