"Chasing the dragon" - Imaging of heroin inhalation leukoencephalopathy

Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 199-203

  Hagel, Jeffrey ^a,d   Andrews, Gordon ^b   Vertinsky, Talia ^a   Heran, Manraj K S ^a   Keogh, Ciaran ^c  

^a VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE;

ARTICLE; CAPSULA INTERNA; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MEDIAL LEMNISCUS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; WHITE MATTER;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; BRAIN DISEASES; HEROIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NARCOTICS;

EID: 31644432594     PISSN: 08465371     EISSN: 08465371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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