White matter hyperintensities on MRI: Lesions are seen in young users of stimulant drugs

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 341, Issue 7777, 2010, Pages 793-

  Fatovich, Daniel M ^a,c   McCoubrie, David ^b   Song, Swithin ^b   Lawn, Nick ^b   Daly, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; METHAMPHETAMINE;

BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN DAMAGE; COGNITION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; LETTER; MICROANGIOPATHY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASOSPASM; WHITE MATTER; ADULT; BRAIN DISEASE; DRUG ABUSE; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; BRAIN DISEASES; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77958142705     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c5636     Document Type: Letter

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