A case suspected of acute gas poisoning by carbon monoxide (CO), presenting with progressive diffuse leukoencephalopathy associated with marked brain edema

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 493-497

  Akaiwa, Yasuhisa ^a   Hozumi, Isao ^a   Terashima, Kenshi ^a   Yamada, Mitsunori ^a   Hasegawa, Yuka ^a   Soma, Yoshiaki ^a   Takahashi, Hitoshi ^a   Tsuji, Shoji ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute leukoencephalopathy; Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning; Consciousness disturbance

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HERNIA; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMA; DECEREBRATION; DEMYELINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; GAS POISONING; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGODENDROGLIA; OXYGEN THERAPY; ROOM VENTILATION; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN EDEMA; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036322662     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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2. Hyperbaric-oxygen therapy
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