Rhabdomyolysis following water intoxication in two schizophrenic patients

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1147-1152

  Kanbayashi, Takashi ^a   Shimizu, Tetsuo ^a   Kojima, Naoyuki ^b   Hirota, Kouichi ^b   Hashimoto, Makoto ^b   Takahashi, Yuji ^a   Hishikawa, Yasuo ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Department of Neurology ^*

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Creatine kinase; Rhabdomyolysis; Schizophrenia; Water intoxication

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; MYOGLOBIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; PATIENT MONITORING; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; WATER INTOXICATION;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; WATER INTOXICATION;

EID: 0031463953     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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