TY - JOUR PY - 2015// TI - A 16-year-old boy with combined volatile and alcohol dependence: a case report JO - Journal of clinical and diagnostic research A1 - Sachdeva, Soumya A1 - Gandhi, Raghu A1 - Verma, Pankaj A1 - Kaur, Arshdeep A1 - Kapoor, Rohit SP - VD01 EP - VD03 VL - 9 IS - 8 N2 - Substance abuse has been defined as the use of chemical substances for non medical purposes in order to achieve alterations in psychological functioning. The substances commonly abused in India include nicotine, alcohol, cannabis and opioids. However, the use of solvents and propellants is also on the rise as these are inexpensive, legally available household, industrial, office and automobile products; which are more commonly available to children and adolescents. We hereby describe a 16-year-old boy with combined volatile and alcohol abuse; who presented with increasing ataxia, visual and hearing disturbances.

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LA - en SN - 2249-782X UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2015/13730.6271 ID - ref1 ER -