Treatment of central pontine myelinolysis with therapeutic plasmapheresis

Lancet

Volumn 353, Issue 9159, 1999, Pages 1155-

  Bibl, Dietmar ^a   Lampl, Christian ^a   Gabriel, Christian ^a   Jüngling, Gerhard ^a   Brock, Heinz ^a   Köstler, Gerhard ^a  

^a KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL PONTINE MYELINOLYSIS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA;

EID: 2442730394     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)01145-9     Document Type: Article

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