Gasoline Abuse in a 10-Year-Old Child with Mental Retardation: A Case Report

Inahalant abuse is of increasing interest in India. The age of onset is typically during adolescence. Gasoline inhalant use is rarely reported in adolescents with intellectual deficit. We report a case of petrol dependence in a 10-year-old child with mental retardation. Possible effect of petrol huf...

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Autores principales: Joshi, Mohit, Vankar, GK
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Libertas Academica 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4332342/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25733844
http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/SART.S20148
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description Inahalant abuse is of increasing interest in India. The age of onset is typically during adolescence. Gasoline inhalant use is rarely reported in adolescents with intellectual deficit. We report a case of petrol dependence in a 10-year-old child with mental retardation. Possible effect of petrol huffing on behavior and cognition is discussed.
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spelling pubmed-43323422015-03-02 Gasoline Abuse in a 10-Year-Old Child with Mental Retardation: A Case Report Joshi, Mohit Vankar, GK Subst Abuse Case Report Inahalant abuse is of increasing interest in India. The age of onset is typically during adolescence. Gasoline inhalant use is rarely reported in adolescents with intellectual deficit. We report a case of petrol dependence in a 10-year-old child with mental retardation. Possible effect of petrol huffing on behavior and cognition is discussed. Libertas Academica 2015-02-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4332342/ /pubmed/25733844 http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/SART.S20148 Text en © 2015 the author(s), publisher and licensee Libertas Academica Ltd. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 3.0 License.
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Gasoline Abuse in a 10-Year-Old Child with Mental Retardation: A Case Report
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title_fullStr Gasoline Abuse in a 10-Year-Old Child with Mental Retardation: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Gasoline Abuse in a 10-Year-Old Child with Mental Retardation: A Case Report
title_short Gasoline Abuse in a 10-Year-Old Child with Mental Retardation: A Case Report
title_sort gasoline abuse in a 10-year-old child with mental retardation: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4332342/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25733844
http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/SART.S20148
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