Central pontine myelinolysis in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: A case report

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 324-327

  Lim, Kyu Hyoung ^a   Kim, Sunyoung ^a   Lee, Yoon Su ^a   Ki, Hwan Kim ^a   Kim, Jinwon ^a   Ji, Young Rhee ^a   Hye, Jin Kim ^a   Hyeon, Gyu Yi ^a   So, Yeon Oh ^a   Joo, Han Lim ^a   Han, Sae Won ^a   Lee, Sangyoon ^a   Kim, Inho ^a,b   Yoon, Sung Soo ^a   Park, Seonyang ^a   Byoung, Kook Kim ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Central pontine; Graft versus host disease; Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Myelinolysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL PONTINE MYELINOLYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; LIVER; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BIOPSY; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYELINOLYSIS, CENTRAL PONTINE; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43449116945     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2008.23.2.324     Document Type: Article

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