Subcortical hemorrhage caused by methamphetamine abuse: Efficacy of the triage system in the differential diagnosis

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 82-84

  Inamasu, Joji ^a   Nakamura, Yoshiki ^a   Saito, Ryoichi ^a   Kuroshima, Yoshiaki ^a   Mayanagi, Keita ^a   Ohba, Shigeo ^a   Ichikizaki, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION TOKYO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drug abuse; Intracerebral hemorrhage; Methamphetamine; Triage system

Indexed keywords

METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; SCREENING TEST; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHAMPHETAMINE; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRIAGE;

EID: 0037297574     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.43.82     Document Type: Article

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