Extrapontine myelinolysis in a nine-year-old child

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 579-584

  Öztürk, Fadil ^a   Görk, Semih ^a   Aydin, Murat ^a   Incesu, Lütfi ^a   Baysal, Kemal ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Child; Extrapontine myelinolysis; Hyponatremia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; INJURY; LIVER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEIZURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CHILD; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEIZURES;

EID: 0032177218     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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