Acute hippocampal sclerosis following ecstasy ingestion

Neurology

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 567-569

  Gardner, Helen ^a   Lawn, Nicholas ^b   Fatovich, Daniel M ^c,d   Archer, John S ^a,e,f  

^a NORTHERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f Repatriation Campus ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWELLING; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 69449100565     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181b2a684     Document Type: Article

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