Cerebral bleeding, infarcts, and persumed extrapontine myelinolysis in hypernatraemic dehydration

Neuroradiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 144-146

  AlOrainy, I A ^a   O'Gorman, A M ^a   Decell, M K ^b  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Hypernatraemia; Magnetic resonance imaging; Myelinolysis, extrapontine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEHYDRATION; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; INFANT; MALE; METABOLIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS;

BRAIN; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DEHYDRATION; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERNATREMIA; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0345491018     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002340050721     Document Type: Article

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