Ritalin: Drug of abuse. Two case reports of intra-arterial injection

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 114, Issue 1144, 2001, Pages 521-522

  Still, A ^a   Gordon, M ^a   Mercer, J ^a   Roake, J ^a  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUCLOXACILLIN; HEPARIN; METHYLPHENIDATE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG ABUSE; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMORAL ARTERY; HAND MALFORMATION; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ISCHEMIA;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, FALSE; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; FEMORAL ARTERY; FINGERS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; METHYLPHENIDATE; RADIAL ARTERY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 0035940911     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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