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Chasing the dragon and stumbling upon an octopus: A case of heroin-induced leukoencephalopathy and reverse takotsubo cardiomyopathy

The practice of heating heroin and inhaling its vapors, commonly referred to as “chasing the dragon” has been around for decades, but only gained popularity in the United States in the 1990s. Since then, there have been many documented cases of heroin-induced leukoencephalopathy (HIL) and takotsubo...

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Autores principales: Ahmad, Saad, Whiting, Adrian, Song, David, Reyes, Jonathan Vincent, Ireifej, Branden, Almas, Talal, Lieber, Joseph J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8427217/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34522378
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2021.102797