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Recreational nitrous oxide abuse causing B12 deficiency with subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord: A case report

The recreational use of nitrous oxide (N(2)O) is a growing public health concern. Increasing numbers of young individuals are presenting to accident emergency departments complaining of adverse neurological symptoms as a result of N(2)O induced vitamin B12 deficiency. Despite its increasing populari...

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Autores principales: Razaq, Jazeb, Qureshi, Saffan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7842470/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33532431
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1630_20
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description The recreational use of nitrous oxide (N(2)O) is a growing public health concern. Increasing numbers of young individuals are presenting to accident emergency departments complaining of adverse neurological symptoms as a result of N(2)O induced vitamin B12 deficiency. Despite its increasing popularity, many are still not aware of its devastating potential to cause a myriad of severe longstanding neurological impairment. Herein we present a case that highlights the effects of N(2)O abuse and the best way to investigate and manage such patients.
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spelling pubmed-78424702021-02-01 Recreational nitrous oxide abuse causing B12 deficiency with subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord: A case report Razaq, Jazeb Qureshi, Saffan J Family Med Prim Care Case Report The recreational use of nitrous oxide (N(2)O) is a growing public health concern. Increasing numbers of young individuals are presenting to accident emergency departments complaining of adverse neurological symptoms as a result of N(2)O induced vitamin B12 deficiency. Despite its increasing popularity, many are still not aware of its devastating potential to cause a myriad of severe longstanding neurological impairment. Herein we present a case that highlights the effects of N(2)O abuse and the best way to investigate and manage such patients. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020-11-30 /pmc/articles/PMC7842470/ /pubmed/33532431 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1630_20 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Recreational nitrous oxide abuse causing B12 deficiency with subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord: A case report
title Recreational nitrous oxide abuse causing B12 deficiency with subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord: A case report
title_full Recreational nitrous oxide abuse causing B12 deficiency with subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord: A case report
title_fullStr Recreational nitrous oxide abuse causing B12 deficiency with subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Recreational nitrous oxide abuse causing B12 deficiency with subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord: A case report
title_short Recreational nitrous oxide abuse causing B12 deficiency with subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord: A case report
title_sort recreational nitrous oxide abuse causing b12 deficiency with subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7842470/
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