Clinical and radiological findings in methadone-induced delayed leukoencephalopathy
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Clinical and radiological findings in methadone-induced delayed leukoencephalopathy.
OBJECTIVE To increase awareness of the incidence of delayed leukoencephalopathy in rehabilitation medicine. SUBJECT A 34-year-old male patient in an inpatient neuro-rehabilitation clinic who developed cognitive, psychological and physical deterioration 33 days after methadone intake. METHODS Clinical follow-up for 7 months, brain imaging with magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomograp...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1650-1977
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-1820