Khat chewing can cause stroke

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 198-200

  Vanwalleghem, Iris E ^a   Vanwalleghem, Phyllis W ^a   De Bleecker, Jan L ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHA EDULIS EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

ADULT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CATHA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MASTICATION; PLANT LEAVES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33746332959     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000093807     Document Type: Article

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