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Correction to Lange and Hillis, N Engl J Med 345(5):351-358 August 2, 2001.

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Volume 345:1432 November 8, 2001 Number 19

Cardiovascular Complications of Cocaine Use

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Cardiovascular Complications of Cocaine Use . There were errors in Figure 1, on page 352. The corrected figure is reprinted with its legend below.

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  		Figure 1. The Mechanism by Which Cocaine Alters Sympathetic Tone.

Cocaine blocks the reuptake of norepinephrine by the neuron (red X), resulting in excess amounts of this neurotransmitter at receptor sites on the effector cell.

 



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