Subacute onset of oculogyric crises and generalized dystonia following intranasal administration of heroin

Addiction

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 431-434

  Schoser, Benedikt G H ^a   Groden, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; LACTIC ACID; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSTONIA; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NOSE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SHOCK; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0033058512     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.1999.94343113.x     Document Type: Article

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