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Ecstasy and dementia in a young subject

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

P Granato ,
S Weill  and
JJ Revillon
P Granato
Affiliation:
General Psychiatry Department
S Weill
Affiliation:
General Psychiatry Department
JJ Revillon
Affiliation:
General Psychiatry, Valenciennes Hospital, avenue Desandrouin, 59300Valenciennes, France
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Summary

We report a cerebrovascular accident after Ecstasy (MDMA) intake which induced a frontal dementia in a young man.

Keywords

dementiabrain, injuryEcstasy
Type
Case reports
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 12 , Issue 7 , 1997 , pp. 369 - 371
Copyright
Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1997

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