A pregnant women with hyperemesis, confusion, ataxia and nystagmus;Gravid kvinne med hyperemesis, konfusjon, ataksi og nystagmus

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 126, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1069-1071

  Leitner, Gertraud ^a   Kvistad, Kjell Arne ^a   Aasly, Jan ^a  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; LABORATORY TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

ADULT; ATAXIA; BRAIN; CONFUSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; PREGNANCY; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 33645943014     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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