PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - L A Loizou
AU  - H G Boddie
TI  - Polyradiculoneuropathy associated with heroin abuse.
AID  - 10.1136/jnnp.41.9.855
DP  - 1978 Sep 01
TA  - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
PG  - 855--857
VI  - 41
IP  - 9
4099  - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/41/9/855.short
4100  - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/41/9/855.full
SO  - J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry1978 Sep 01; 41
AB  - Neurological complications of heroin addiction have occurred only sporadically in the United Kingdom. We report the case of a young female patient who developed an acute polyradiculoneuropathy when she recommended intravenous heroin after four years abstinence. Another possible aetiological factor was a preceding flu-like illness but, after full investigations, we concluded that heroin abuse was the most likely cause of the neurological symptoms.