Acute polyradiculoneuropathy with renal failure: Mind the anion gap

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 842-844

  Alzouebi, M ^a   Sarrigiannis, P G ^b   Hadjivassiliou, M ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GLYCOLIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ANAMNESIS; ANION GAP; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FLUID THERAPY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 46249095818     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2008.144915     Document Type: Article

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