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Gender differences in cerebral perfusion in cocaine abuse: technetium-99m-HMPAO SPECT study of drug-abusing women.

TitleGender differences in cerebral perfusion in cocaine abuse: technetium-99m-HMPAO SPECT study of drug-abusing women.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1994
AuthorsLevin, J. M., B. L. Holman, J. H. Mendelson, S. K. Teoh, B. Garada, K. A. Johnson, and S. Springer
JournalJournal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine
Volume35
Issue12
Pagination1902-9
Date Published1994 Dec
ISSN0161-5505
KeywordsAdult, Cerebrovascular Circulation, Cocaine, Female, Humans, Male, Organotechnetium Compounds, Oximes, Perfusion, Reference Values, Sex Characteristics, Sex Factors, Substance-Related Disorders, Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime, Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon, Women
AbstractCocaine abuse continues to be a major public health concern, with a variety of medical and neurologic sequelae. Previous studies have demonstrated abnormalities in cerebral perfusion in chronic cocaine abusers and after acute administration of cocaine. Although women are becoming increasingly represented among drug abusers, few studies have included women. To the authors' knowledge, none has compared cerebral perfusion in asymptomatic women with that in men.
Alternate JournalJ. Nucl. Med.

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