Central pontine myelinolysis in chronic alcoholism demonstrated by magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy

European Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 179-180

  Nomoto, Nobuatsu ^a   Arasaki, Keisuke ^b   Tamaki, Mitsuyuki ^b  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY OHASHI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation Medical Center Tokyo   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL PONTINE MYELINOLYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MENINGITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALCOHOLISM; CHOLINE; CREATINE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELINOLYSIS, CENTRAL PONTINE;

EID: 2342584600     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077668     Document Type: Article

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