Spongiform leucoencephalopathy following intravenous heroin abuse: Radiological and histopathological findings

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 390-392

  Robertson, Alasdair S ^a   Jain, Sanjiv ^a   O'Neil, Ross A ^a  

^a CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Heroin; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neuropathology; Spongiform leucoencephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOXICITY AND INTOXICATION;

ADULT; BIOPSY; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035433198     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1673.2001.00882.x     Document Type: Article

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