Case 8-2006: A woman with Crohn's disease and altered mental status [10]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 354, Issue 26, 2006, Pages 2833-2834

  Moritz, Michael L ^a   Ayus, Juan C ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPOTONIC SOLUTION; ISOTONIC SOLUTION; SODIUM;

BRAIN EDEMA; CROHN DISEASE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HERNIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOXIA; LETTER; MENTAL DETERIORATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; LYMPHOMA, LARGE-CELL, DIFFUSE; SEIZURES;

EID: 33745637208     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc061008     Document Type: Letter

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