Hypoxic/ischaemic brain damage, especially pallidal lesions, in heroin addicts

Forensic Science International

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-59

  Andersen, Solveig Norheim ^a,b   Skullerud, Kari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Drug addiction; Heroin; Hypoxic ischaemic brain damage; Pallidal lesions; Transient global ischaemia

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032987265     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(99)00040-7     Document Type: Article

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