Duret hemorrhage is not always suggestive of poor prognosis: A case of acute severe hyponatremia

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 908-910

  Kamijo, Yoshito ^a   Soma, Kazui ^a   Kishita, Reiko ^a   Hamanaka, Satoko ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BRAIN STEM; DRINKING; ENCEPHALOCELE; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27744542964     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2005.07.014     Document Type: Article

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