"Chasing the Dragon"-Heroin-Associated Spongiform Leukoencephalopathy

Journal of Medical Toxicology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 240-242

  Kass Hout, Tareq ^a   Kass Hout, Omar ^a   Darkhabani, M Ziad ^a   Mokin, Maxim ^a   Mehta, Bijal ^a   Radovic, Vladan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HERNIA; CAPSULA INTERNA; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; DYSARTHRIA; FALLING; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HEROIN ASSOCIATED SPONGIFORM LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PATIENT COUNSELING; POSTERIOR LIMB OF THE INTERNAL CAPSULE; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WHITE MATTER;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; DYSARTHRIA; HEROIN; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; SMOKE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961171812     PISSN: 15569039     EISSN: 19376995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13181-011-0139-5     Document Type: Article

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