Cerebral vasculitis associated with drug abuse
To review understand the epidemiology, background, neuropharmacology, and histopathology of literature verified cases, and likely etiopathogenic mechanisms. There are only a handful of histologically confirmed patients in the literature with cerebral vasculitis because of drug abuse. There is little...
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| Published in | Current opinion in rheumatology Vol. 33; no. 1; p. 24 |
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| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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United States
01.01.2021
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| Summary: | To review understand the epidemiology, background, neuropharmacology, and histopathology of literature verified cases, and likely etiopathogenic mechanisms.
There are only a handful of histologically confirmed patients in the literature with cerebral vasculitis because of drug abuse.
There is little justification for invasive laboratory investigation given the ready availability of highly accurate vascular neuroimaging techniques to dictate management, which usually rests upon avoidance of further exposure and minimizing the secondary neurotoxic effects of the abused substances and polypharmacy use. |
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| ISSN: | 1531-6963 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/BOR.0000000000000766 |