Acute paralysis following recreational MDMA (ecstasy) use

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 339-341

  Goldstein, Lee ^a   Mordish, Yair ^a   Abu Kishak, Ibrahim ^a   Toledano, Michal ^b   Berkovitch, Matitiahu ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Ecstasy; Methylenedioxymethamphetamine; Quadriplegia; Renal failure; Respiratory insufficiency; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; PARALYSIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEIZURE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; ACUTE DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; HALLUCINOGENS; HUMANS; MALE; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745064869     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15563650600584600     Document Type: Article

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