Acute Demyelination in a Person with Amphetamine Abuse

We report the case of a 31-year-old woman, admitted to the hospital for chest pain, dying a few days later from septic multiorgan failure, and showing at autopsy foci of acute demyelination in the occipital lobe. Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry analysis revealed the presence of amphetamine in t...

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Main Authors: Serge Weis, Hans Sachs, Andreas Büttner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Pathology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/514613
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