A case of acute cerebral ischemia following inhalation of a synthetic cannabinoid

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 973-975

  Takematsu, M ^a   Hoffman, R S ^b   Nelson, L S ^b,c   Schechter, J M ^d,e   Moran, J H ^f   Wiener, S W ^d,e  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK CITY POISON CONTROL CENTER   (United States)

^d Downstate Health Sciences University   (United States)

^e KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^f ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute kidney injury; Ischemic stroke; JWH 018; Marijuana; Synthetic cannabinoid; XLR 11

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XLR 11; XLR-11;

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSARTHRIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; INSULA; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TOXICOLOGY; ACUTE DISEASE; ADDICTION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COMPLICATION; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOLOGY; STROKE; TOXICITY; UNITED STATES;

CANNABIS SATIVA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CANNABINOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; STROKE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84910104462     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2014.958614     Document Type: Article

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