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A dangerous chase: severe neurocognitive impairment and death following smoked heroin

Cancelliere, Alessandro
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Blohm, Eike
; 
Neavyn, Mark
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Cancelliere, Alessandro
Blohm, Eike
Neavyn, Mark
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Department of Emergency Medicine
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Letter to the Editor
Publication Date
2017-10-25
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Chasing the dragon
 Heroin leukocencephalopathy
 drug-induced encephalopathy
 Neurotoxicity
 Neuroradiology
 Emergency Medicine
 Substance Abuse and Addiction
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https://doi.org/10.1080/15563650.2017.1392559
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We report the case of a 25-year-old man with acute encephalopathy following inhalation of heroin pyrolysate vapors, a practice known as “chasing the dragon”.

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Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2017 Oct 25:1-2. doi: 10.1080/15563650.2017.1392559. Link to article on publisher's site

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10.1080/15563650.2017.1392559
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29065717
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