Disturbance of Consciousness Associated with Hypophosphatemia in a Chronically Alcoholic Patient

Internal Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 958-961

  Funabiki, Yasuko ^a   Tatsukawa, Hirotaka ^a   Ashida, Ko ^a   Matsubara, Kinya ^a   Kubota, Yasushi ^a   Uwatoko, Hirohisa ^a   Kitamura, Kazuto ^a  

^a KYOTO CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Delirium; Rhabdomyolysis

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; MYOGLOBIN; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS;

ACIDOSIS; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; FOLLOW UP; HEMODIAFILTRATION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; MALE; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

ACIDOSIS; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; CREATININE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMODIAFILTRATION; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MYOGLOBIN; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORUS; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

EID: 0032201267     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.37.958     Document Type: Article

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