heroin and sapropterin

heroin has been researched along with sapropterin* in 1 studies

Other Studies

1 other study(ies) available for heroin and sapropterin

ArticleYear
Reversible parkinsonism following heroin pyrolysate inhalation is associated with tetrahydrobiopterin deficiency.
    Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society, 2004, Volume: 19, Issue:10

    A patient who inhaled heroin vapour (chasing the dragon), resulting in temporary parkinsonism, is described. A reversible deficiency of tetrahydrobiopterin, causing altered dopamine metabolism, is demonstrated as the metabolic basis of this aspect of the encephalopathy.

    Topics: Adult; Biopterins; Brain; Brain Diseases, Metabolic; Electroencephalography; Epilepsy; Female; Heroin; Heroin Dependence; Homovanillic Acid; Humans; Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Parkinsonian Disorders

2004