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Case Reports
. 1978 Oct 21;2(9):444-5.
doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1978.tb76855.x.

Cerebral arteritis associated with heroin abuse

J King, M Richards, B Tress
Case Reports

Cerebral arteritis associated with heroin abuse

J King et al. Med J Aust. .

Abstract

A twenty-year-old man suffered a left homonymous hemianopia after self-administration of heroin. Investigations revealed right occipital infarction with angiographic changes of arteritis in the posterior cerebral arteries.

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