Cerebrovascular Complications of the Use of the Crack Form of Alkaloidal Cocaine
Open Access
- 13 September 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 323 (11) , 699-704
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199009133231102
Abstract
The use of cocaine, especially one of its alkaloidal forms ("crack"), has been increasingly associated with cerebrovascular disease. To clarify the clinical, radiologic, and pathological features of the events associated with cocaine use, we identified 28 patients at four medical centers who had stroke temporally related to the use of alkaloidal cocaine (during or within 72 hours of use).This publication has 53 references indexed in Scilit:
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