Intractable hiccup caused by medulla oblongata lesions: A study of an autopsy patient with possible neuromyelitis optica

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 285, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 241-245

  Kobayashi, Zen ^a,b   Tsuchiya, Kuniaki ^b,c   Uchihara, Toshiki ^b   Nakamura, Ayako ^b   Haga, Chie ^b   Yokota, Osamu ^b,d   Ishizu, Hideki ^e   Taki, Kazuhiro ^f   Arai, Tetsuaki ^b   Akiyama, Haruhiko ^b   Mizusawa, Hidehiro ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN MATSUZAWA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Zikei Institute of Psychiatry   (Japan)

^f Japanese Red Cross Society   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intractable hiccup; Multiple sclerosis; Neuromyelitis optica; Nucleus tractus solitarius

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HICCUP; HUMAN; LIMB PAIN; LIMB WEAKNESS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MYELITIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; URINE INCONTINENCE; URINE RETENTION;

BRAIN DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HICCUP; HUMANS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 69549127956     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.06.014     Document Type: Article

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