Triple trouble: Cognitive deficits from hepatitis C, HIV, and methamphetamine

Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1328-1329

  Van Gorp, Wilfred G ^a   Hinkin, Charles H ^b  

^a Department of Psychiatry ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHAMPHETAMINE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG ABUSE; EDITORIAL; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LEARNING DISORDER; LIVER DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 17644405842     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000162347.40909.5E     Document Type: Editorial

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