Successful treatment of adult cerebral salt wasting with fludrocortisone

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 325-326

  Lee, Peter ^a   Jones, Graham R D ^b   Center, Jacqueline R ^b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUDROCORTISONE; RAMIPRIL; ROSIGLITAZONE; SODIUM;

ATAXIA; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; NATRIURESIS; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT LOSING NEPHRITIS; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

AGED; FLUDROCORTISONE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; MALE; MINERALOCORTICOIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39549101437     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2007.126     Document Type: Letter

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