Magnetic resonance imaging detection of a lesion compatible with central pontine myelinolysis in a pregnant patient with recurrent vomiting and confusion

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 441-443

  Valiulis, Beth ^a   Kelley, Roger E ^a   Hardjasudarma, Mardjohan ^a   London, Steven ^a  

^a Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport   (United States)

Author keywords

Demyelinating lesion; Hyperemesis gravidarum; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pontine myelinolysis

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL PONTINE MYELINOLYSIS; CONFABULATION; CONFUSION; DISORIENTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; HYPERREFLEXIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

EID: 0034816359     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2001.tb00077.x     Document Type: Article

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