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Chasing the dragon - characterizing cases of leukoencephalopathy associated with heroin inhalation in British Columbia

An association between leukoencephalopathy, a disease of the white matter of the brain, and smoking heroin is well recognized. This paper describes 27 cases of leukoencephalopathy identified in two cities in British Columbia, Canada 2001-2006; the largest number of geographically and temporally defi...

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Autores principales:	Buxton, Jane A, Sebastian, Renee, Clearsky, Lorne, Angus, Natalie, Shah, Lena, Lem, Marcus, Spacey, Sian D
Formato:	Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2011
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3035193/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21255414 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7517-8-3

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