Carotid artery dissection and middle cerebral artery stroke following methamphetamine use

Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2259-2260

  McIntosh, Andrew ^a,b   Hungs, Marcel ^a   Kostanian, Varoujan ^b   Yu, Wengui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN; METHAMPHETAMINE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOPLASTY; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GAZE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIGRAINE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DISORDER; STENT; STROKE; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL, DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; METHAMPHETAMINE;

EID: 33845917209     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000249180.61312.d3     Document Type: Article

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