Cannabis-related stroke: Myth or reality?

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 558-563

  Wolff, Valérie ^a,b,c   Armspach, Jean Paul ^c   Lauer, Valérie ^a   Rouyer, Olivier ^a,b   Bataillard, Marc ^a   Marescaux, Christian ^a   Geny, Bernard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID; CANNABIS; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

ANXIETY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HALF LIFE TIME; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; VASOSPASM; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

CANNABIS; HUMANS; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MYTHOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84872948941     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.112.671347     Document Type: Review

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