Compulsive showering and marijuana use - The cannabis hyperemisis syndrome

American Journal of Case Reports

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages 326-328

  Mohammed, Fawwaz ^a   Panchoo, Kirby ^b   Bartholemew, Maria ^c   Maharaj, Dale ^b  

^a San Fernando General Hospital   (Jamaica)

^b St Clair Medical Center   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c Port of Spain General Hospital   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Cyclical vomiting; Hyperemesis

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; MORPHINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CANNABIS HYPEREMISIS SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CENTRAL AMERICA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; GASTRITIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NAUSEA; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATIENT COUNSELING; REHYDRATION; RETCHING; SMOKING CESSATION; STOMACH BIOPSY; VOMITING;

EID: 84883327901     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19415923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.884001     Document Type: Article

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