Symptomatic hypotonic hyponatremia in an alcoholic polydipsic patient: A favourable clinical outcome after slow sodium correction

Alcologia

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 43-46

  Caputo, F ^a   Marchi, G ^a   Coralli, B ^a   Mengolini, B ^a   Baudanza, P ^a   Dall'Aglio, C ^a   Passarelli, D ^a   Marano, G ^a   Musardo, G ^a   Addolorato, G ^a   Bernardi, M ^a   Stefanini, G F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic alcoholism; Hypotonic hyponatremia; Neurologic alterations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHRONICITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POLYDIPSIA; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0034888645     PISSN: 03949826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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