Central pontine myelinolysis in AIDS

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 537-540

  Miller, Robert F ^a   Harrison, Michael J G ^a   Hall Craggs, Margaret A ^b   Scaravilli, Francesco ^c  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AIDS; Autopsy; Central pontine myelinolysis; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL PONTINE MYELINOLYSIS; DEATH; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; CADAVER; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYELINOLYSIS, CENTRAL PONTINE;

EID: 0031719331     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050931     Document Type: Article

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