Symmetric Deep Cerebellar Lesions after Smoking Heroin

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1605-1606

  Ropper, Allan H ^a,b   Blair, Richard ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST ELIZABETH'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBELLUM INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; HEROIN; HUMANS; MALE; NARCOTICS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0345327696     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.60.11.1605     Document Type: Article

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