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Priapism, Ecstasy, and Marijuana: Is There a Connection?

Priapism is a urological emergency with multiple aetiologies including drug induced. Currently, there have been no reports of priapism induced by the combination of ecstasy and marijuana. We speculated on the potential mechanisms for acute drug-induced priapism resulting from ingestion of these two...

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Autores principales: Tran, Quan T., Wallace, Robyn A., Sim, Esther H. A.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2441841/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18604290
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/193694
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description Priapism is a urological emergency with multiple aetiologies including drug induced. Currently, there have been no reports of priapism induced by the combination of ecstasy and marijuana. We speculated on the potential mechanisms for acute drug-induced priapism resulting from ingestion of these two common illicit drugs.
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spelling pubmed-24418412008-07-03 Priapism, Ecstasy, and Marijuana: Is There a Connection? Tran, Quan T. Wallace, Robyn A. Sim, Esther H. A. Adv Urol Case Report Priapism is a urological emergency with multiple aetiologies including drug induced. Currently, there have been no reports of priapism induced by the combination of ecstasy and marijuana. We speculated on the potential mechanisms for acute drug-induced priapism resulting from ingestion of these two common illicit drugs. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2008 2008-02-17 /pmc/articles/PMC2441841/ /pubmed/18604290 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/193694 Text en Copyright © 2008 Quan T. Tran et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Tran, Quan T.
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Priapism, Ecstasy, and Marijuana: Is There a Connection?
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title_full Priapism, Ecstasy, and Marijuana: Is There a Connection?
title_fullStr Priapism, Ecstasy, and Marijuana: Is There a Connection?
title_full_unstemmed Priapism, Ecstasy, and Marijuana: Is There a Connection?
title_short Priapism, Ecstasy, and Marijuana: Is There a Connection?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2441841/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18604290
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/193694
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