Acute extrapyramidal disorder with bilateral reversible basal ganglia lesions in a diabetic uremic patient: Diffusion-weighted imaging and spectroscopy findings

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 293, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 119-121

  Dicuonzo, Franca ^a   Di Fede, Roberta ^a   Salvati, Andrea ^a   Palma, Michele ^a   de Mari, Michele ^a   Baldassarre, Giuseppe Domenico ^a   Di Renzo, Brigida ^a   Tortorella, Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Chorea; Diabetes; Diffusion weighted imaging; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Renal failure

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BICARBONATE; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HALOPERIDOL; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LACTIC ACID; METFORMIN; OLANZAPINE; SODIUM; UREA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYKINESIA; CASE REPORT; CHOREA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; GAIT DISORDER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; UREMIA;

BASAL GANGLIA; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; UREMIA;

EID: 77952107756     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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