Heroin Inhalation and Progressive Spongiform Leukoencephalopathy
- 20 February 1997
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 336 (8) , 589-590
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199702203360818
Abstract
We report two cases of a progressive spongiform leukoencephalopathy that, to our knowledge, has not been reported previously in the United States. The disease occurred after the patients inhaled heated heroin vapor, a practice known as “chasing the dragon.”Keywords
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