Synthetic cannabis and acute ischemic stroke

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1239-1241

  Bernson Leung, Miya E ^a,b   Leung, Lester Y ^a   Kumar, Sandeep ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

acute stroke; cannabis; drugs of abuse; Ischemic stroke; stroke in young adults

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CANNABINOID;

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CANNABIS USE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSARTHRIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUPERFICIAL THROMBOPHLEBITIS; ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CANNABIS SMOKING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROCEDURES; SYNTHESIS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CANNABINOIDS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MARIJUANA SMOKING; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901306947     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: 15328511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2013.07.030     Document Type: Article

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