Normal diffusion-weighted MR imaging predicts a good prognosis in extrapontine myelinolysis-induced parkinsonism

Movement Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1701-1703

  Shin, Hae Won ^a,b   Song, Dongbeom ^a   Sohn, Young H ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMMONIA; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LEVODOPA; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BRADYKINESIA; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL PONTINE MYELINOLYSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FLUID THERAPY; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIMB TREMOR; MALE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NEUROIMAGING; PARKINSONISM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FASTING; HUMANS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MYELINOLYSIS, CENTRAL PONTINE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS; PONS; PREDNISOLONE; PROGNOSIS; PUTAMEN;

EID: 69949174773     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22644     Document Type: Article

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