Spontaneous pneumomediastinum'ecstasy': A hard pill to swallow [6]

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 401-403

  Harris, Roger ^a   Joseph, A ^b  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; 3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; STREET DRUG;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; STREET DRUGS;

EID: 0033623917     PISSN: 00048291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2000.tb00848.x     Document Type: Letter

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