Rhabdomyolysis and brain ischemic stroke in a heroin-dependent male under methadone maintenance therapy

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 76-79

  Hsu, W Y ^a   Chiu, N Y ^a,b   Liao, Y C ^a  

^a CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Heroin; Ischemia; Methadone; Rhabdomyolysis; Stroke

Indexed keywords

METHADONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEPATITIS C; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEROIN; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHADONE; NARCOTICS; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 66749088607     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2009.01378.x     Document Type: Article

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