Intracerebral haemorrhage caused by drug abuse

Intracerebral haemorrhage caused by drug abuse

McEvoy et al argue that abuse of amphetamine, cocaine, or Ectasy is becoming the largest cause of intracerebral hemorrhage in young adults. Eleven patients with a positive history of abuse were tested and only one cerebral angiography came back normal. The others showed seven intracranial aneurysms...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Lancet (British edition) 1998-04, Vol.351 (9108), p.1029-1029
Hauptverfasser: McEvoy, AW, Kitchen, ND, Thomas, DGT
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Brain
Cerebral Hemorrhage - etiology
Cocaine
Designer Drugs
Drug abuse
Drug toxicity and drugs side effects treatment
Hemorrhage
Humans
Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations - complications
Medical research
Medical sciences
Neurology
Pharmacology. Drug treatments
Substance-Related Disorders - complications
Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology
Toxicity: nervous system and muscle
Young adults
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Zusammenfassung:McEvoy et al argue that abuse of amphetamine, cocaine, or Ectasy is becoming the largest cause of intracerebral hemorrhage in young adults. Eleven patients with a positive history of abuse were tested and only one cerebral angiography came back normal. The others showed seven intracranial aneurysms and three arteriovenous malformations.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(98)24014-1