Alcoholic case of central pontine myelinolysis with mainly cerebellar signs

European Addiction Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 155-156

  Ozgur Ilhan, Inci ^a   Demirbas, Hatice ^a   Yalcin, Gulumser Asena ^a   Yucesan, Canan ^a   Dogan, Yildirim Beyatli ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Central pontine myelinolysis; Cerebellar signs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL PONTINE MYELINOLYSIS; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL;

ALCOHOLISM; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CEREBELLUM; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELINOLYSIS, CENTRAL PONTINE;

EID: 21344445707     PISSN: 10226877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000085552     Document Type: Article

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