Central and extrapontine myelinolysis: Then...and now

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-11

  Kleinschmidt DeMasters, B K ^a   Rojiani, Amyn M ^c   Filley, Christopher M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Central pontine myelinolysis; Extrapontine myelinolysis; Hyponatremia; Lateral pontine myelinolysis; Osmotic demyelination; Pathogenesis; White matter

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; CENTRAL PONTINE MYELINOLYSIS; DEMYELINATION; EXTRAPONTINE MYELINOLYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OSMOREGULATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; WHITE MATTER; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; HISTORY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MYELINOLYSIS, CENTRAL PONTINE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33644916144     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jnen.0000196131.72302.68     Document Type: Review

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