Cardiac lesions in methamphetamine abusers

Japanese Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 321-330

  Matoba, Ryoji ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catecholamine; Heart; Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy; Methamphetamine; Pathology

Indexed keywords

LIPID PEROXIDE; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOTOXICITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INJURY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMANS; METHAMPHETAMINE; MYOCARDIUM; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0035723445     PISSN: 00471887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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