Recurrent leukoencephalopathy in a cocaine abuser

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 410-412

  Bianco, Federico ^a   Iacovelli, Elisa ^a   Tinelli, Emanuele ^a   Lepre, Chiara ^a   Pauri, Flavia ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Magnetic resonance imaging; Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome; Toxic leukoencephalopathy

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DRUG ABUSE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MUTISM; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BRAIN; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; HUMANS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RECURRENCE;

EID: 79955398009     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: 18729711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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