Cognitive dysfunction after central pontine myelinolysis

Neurocase

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 173-179

  Ruchinskas, Robert ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstem dysfunction; Central pontine myelinolysis; Cognitive disorders; Pons

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL PONTINE MYELINOLYSIS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST;

EID: 0031667082     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/neucas/4.3.173     Document Type: Article

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