Normal diffusion-weighted mri during the acute stage of central pontine myelinolysis

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 122, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 477-479

  Kang, Suk Yun ^a   Ma, Hyeo Il ^a   Lim, Young Min ^b   Jeong, Min Gyeong ^a   Kim, Yun Joon ^a   Kwon, Seok Beom ^a   Hwang, Sung Hee ^a  

^a Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

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

Author keywords

apparent diffusion coefficient; central pontine myelinolysis; diffusion weighted imaging; hyponatremia; MRI

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL PONTINE MYELINOLYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

AGED; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MYELIN SHEATH; MYELINOLYSIS, CENTRAL PONTINE; PONS;

EID: 84863869151     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207454.2012.677883     Document Type: Article

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