Mimicking a Psychiatric Disorder: Heroin-Induced Leukoencephalopathy

Toxic leukoencephalopathy is a rare cause of encephalopathy. We describe two cases of toxic leukoencephalopathy associated with opiate abuse where they were misdiagnosed and admitted to the psychiatric ward. In our case series, both patients presented with behavioral changes, restlessness, pressured...

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Autores principales: Al-Chalabi, Mustafa, Lateef, Sohaib, Gharaibeh, Khaled, Saraiya, Purvi, Ghannam, Malik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
Materias:
Neurology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7641477/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33163309
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10805

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7641477/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33163309
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10805

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