Central pontine myelinolysis: Case series and review

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 56-60

  Musana, A Kenneth ^a   Yale, Steven H ^a  

^a MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; CENTRAL PONTINE MYELINOLYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LETHARGY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OSMOTIC DEMYELINATION SYNDROME; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELINOLYSIS, CENTRAL PONTINE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 27744455614     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: 10981861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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