Sudden cardiac death in multiple sclerosis caused by active demyelination of the medulla oblongata

Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1146-1148

  Hengstman, G J D ^a   Kusters, B ^b  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cardiac death; inflammation; medulla; multiple sclerosis; pathology

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INTERFERON BETA SERINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRADYCARDIA; BREAST FEEDING; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DEMYELINATION; DIPLOPIA; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; IMMUNOMODULATION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PONS; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; RESUSCITATION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SUDDEN DEATH; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84860393110     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: 14770970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458511408476     Document Type: Article

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