Intracerebral haemorrhage in young adults: The emerging importance of drug misuse

British Medical Journal

Volumn 320, Issue 7245, 2000, Pages 1322-1324

  McEvoy, Andrew W ^a   Kitchen, Neil D ^a   Thomas, David G T ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE; COCAINE;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG MISUSE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ADDICTION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DRUG ABUSE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROGNOSIS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0034643591     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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