Central pontine myelinolysis - A rare manifestation of CNS Sjogren's syndrome

Lupus

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 471-473

  Yoon, K H ^a   Fong, K Y ^a   Koh, D R ^a   Suri, R ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Central pontine myelinolysis; Sjogren's syndrome

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL PONTINE MYELINOLYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY TUBULE ACIDOSIS; MYOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SJOEGREN SYNDROME;

EID: 0033915731     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/096120300678828550     Document Type: Article

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