Motor neuron disease in methamphetamine abusers [3]

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 126-127

  Rudnicki, Stacy A ^a   Archer, Robert L ^a   Labib, Bishoy T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; CATECHOLAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; APOPTOSIS; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG ABUSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXCITOTOXICITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROTOXICITY; ONSET AGE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE;

EID: 34247268662     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17482960701223808     Document Type: Letter

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