Glue sniffing and cerebral infarction.
- 1 July 1984
- journal article
- case report
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 59 (7) , 675-677
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.59.7.675
Abstract
A 12 year old boy who was a habitual glue sniffer developed a dense hemiparesis in association with an episode of glue sniffing. Occlusion of the right middle cerebral artery was found. It is postulated that the stroke was precipitated by an episode of vascular spasm.Keywords
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