Historique
Chapitre
Cerebrovascular complications from cocaine: possible long-term sequelae
(Complications cérébrales dues à l'usage de cocaïne: séquelles à long terme)
Auteur(s) :
MILLER, B. L. ;
CHIANG, F. ;
McGILL, L. ;
SADOW T. ;
GOLDBERG, M. A. ;
MENA, I.
Année
1992
Langue(s) :
Anglais
ISBN :
1046-9516
Refs biblio. :
31
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
PAT (Pathologie organique / Organic pathology)
Note générale :
NIDA Res. Monogr., 1992, 123, 129-146
Résumé :
FRANÇAIS :
La cocaïne engendre de nombreuses complications cérébrales: ischémie, hémorragie, spasme vasculaire... Les techniques d'imagerie permettent de les mettre en évidence, et de ne pas sous-estimer à long terme l'effet de la cocaïne.
ENGLISH :
The recent epidemic of cocaine abuse has led to a variety of serious neurological complications. Of great concern is the growing number of cocaine-induced strokes in young healthy individuals. A particularly disturbing aspect of this epidemic is the SPECT finding of persistent changes in cerebral perfusion many months after the cocaine abuse has abated. Some aspects of this epidemic have been incompletely studied and are poorly understood. One important goal for researchers should be to determine the neuropsychological and neuropathological substrate of these changes.
La cocaïne engendre de nombreuses complications cérébrales: ischémie, hémorragie, spasme vasculaire... Les techniques d'imagerie permettent de les mettre en évidence, et de ne pas sous-estimer à long terme l'effet de la cocaïne.
ENGLISH :
The recent epidemic of cocaine abuse has led to a variety of serious neurological complications. Of great concern is the growing number of cocaine-induced strokes in young healthy individuals. A particularly disturbing aspect of this epidemic is the SPECT finding of persistent changes in cerebral perfusion many months after the cocaine abuse has abated. Some aspects of this epidemic have been incompletely studied and are poorly understood. One important goal for researchers should be to determine the neuropsychological and neuropathological substrate of these changes.
Affiliation :
Harbor-UCLA Med. Ctre, 1000 W. Carson st, Torrance, CA 90509
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.