Brain spect findings in long-term inhalant abuse

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 769-773

  KUCUK N ^a   KILIC E ^b   IBIS E ^b   Aysev, A ^b   GENCOgLU E A ^b   Aras, G ^b   Soylu, A ^b   Erbay, G ^b  

^a Departments of Nuclear Medicine   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOLVENT;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRISONER; SCINTISCANNING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PRISONERS; SOLVENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0034252484     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-200008000-00011     Document Type: Article

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