Asymptomatic pontine lesions found by magnetic resonance imaging: Are they central pontine myelinolysis?

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-35

  Kleinschmidt DeMasters, B K ^a   Anderson, C Alan ^a   Rubinstein, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

brain; central pontine myelinolysis; demyelination; magnetic resonance imaging; pons; post mortem imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELIN SHEATH; MYELINOLYSIS, CENTRAL PONTINE; PONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030897323     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(96)05333-6     Document Type: Article

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