Multifocal leukoencephalopathy associated with intensive use of cocaine and the adulterant levamisole in a 29-year old patient

Levamisole is a common adulterant of cocaine and has been associated with reversible leukoencephalopathy in cocaine users. We report a case of two episodes with severe neurological symptoms and multifocal white matter lesions with brainstem and cerebellar involvement in a 29-year-old man after spora...

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Autores principales: Tollens, Nadine, Post, Philip, Martins Dos Santos, Michael, Niggemann, Pascal, Warken, Melanie, Wolf, Joachim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Letter to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9341090/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35909197
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s42466-022-00202-y

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9341090/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35909197
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s42466-022-00202-y

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