Central pontine and extrapontine myelinolysis: Report of a case with a tragic outcome

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 157-160

  Brito, Adriana Rocha ^a,b,g   Vasconcelos, Marcio Moacyr ^a,c   Hygino Da Cruz Jr , Luiz Celso ^d   Quaresma De Oliveira, Maria Emília Domingues Costa ^e   Miguel De Azevedo, Adriana Rodrigues ^a,f   Vieira Rocha, Luciana Da Graça ^e   Mendonça, Priscilla Costa ^e  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO ANTÔNIO PEDRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Clinica Multi Imagem   (Brazil)

^e FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^g NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Central pontine myelinolysis; Extrapontine myelinolysis; Hyponatremia; Magnetic resonance imaging; Osmotic demyelination

Indexed keywords

SODIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL PONTINE MYELINOLYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTRAPONTINE MYELINOLYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; LOCKED IN SYNDROME; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PONS; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYELINOLYSIS, CENTRAL PONTINE; SODIUM;

EID: 33645968705     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/JPED.1464     Document Type: Article

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