Cocaine mediated apoptosis of vascular cells as a mechanism for carotid artery dissection leading to ischemic stroke

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 201-203

  Dabbouseh, Noura M ^a   Ardelt, Agnieszka ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA ARCH; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RENAL ARTERY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL, DISSECTION; COCAINE; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; STROKE;

EID: 79960620215     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2011.04.011     Document Type: Article

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