Postoperative dementia: Toxicity of nitrous oxide;Démence postopératoire: Toxicité du protoxyde d'azote

Encephale

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 95-97

  El Otmani, H ^b   El Moutawakil, B ^b   Moutaouakil, F ^b   Gam, I ^b   Rafai, M A ^b   Slassi, I ^a  

^a IBN ROCHD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Biermer's disease; Combined degeneration of spinal cord; Deficiency; Dementia; Nitrous oxide; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; NITROUS OXIDE;

AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BONE PROSTHESIS; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DEMENTIA; DISORIENTATION; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMUR; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MACROCYTIC ANEMIA; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PARAPLEGIA; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; POSTOPERATIVE DEMENTIA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; TIME PERCEPTION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

EID: 33947581646     PISSN: 00137006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7006(07)91563-8     Document Type: Article

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