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LEUCOENCEPHALOPATHY AFTER INHALING "HEROIN" PYROLYSATE

✍ Scribed by Wolters, E.Ch.; Stam, F.C.; Lousberg, R.J.; Wijngaarden, G.K.Van; Rengelink, H.; Schipper, M.E.I.; Verbeeten, B.

Book ID
121994096
Publisher
The Lancet
Year
1982
Tongue
English
Weight
998 KB
Volume
320
Category
Article
ISSN
0140-6736

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## Abstract A patient who inhaled heroin vapour (chasing the dragon), resulting in temporary parkinsonism, is described. A reversible deficiency of tetrahydrobiopterin, causing altered dopamine metabolism, is demonstrated as the metabolic basis of this aspect of the encephalopathy. Β© 2004 Movement