Spastic Paraparesis Following Cocaine Inhalation
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Cocaine use is reaching epidemic proportions in the UK and the consequences are a number of debilitating effects. Strokes may result from a number of mechanisms related to cocaine use. This report describes a case of cocaine induced stroke in an apparently healthy young man with unusual patterns of radiological findings on his brain MRI.
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دوره 2009 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2009