Parkinsonism due to ephedrone neurotoxicity: A case report

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Colosimo, C ^a   Guidi, M ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b INRCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Addiction; Manganese; Methcathinone; Parkinson's disease; Parkinsonism

Indexed keywords

FLUORINE 18; IODINE 123; LEVODOPA; METHCATHINONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG COST; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSONISM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; CORPUS STRIATUM; EUROPE, EASTERN; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MANGANESE POISONING; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARKINSON DISEASE, SECONDARY; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PROPIOPHENONES; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 65449133527     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2009.02606.x     Document Type: Letter

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