Hemiparesis, encephalopathy, and extrapontine osmotic myelinolysis in the setting of hyperosmolar hyperglycemia

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 894-896

  Guerrero, Waldo R ^a   Dababneh, Haitham ^a   Nadeau, Stephen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Extrapontine myelinolysis; Hyperglycemia; Hyperosmolar; MRI; Osmotic demyelination syndrome

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; POTASSIUM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL PONTINE MYELINOLYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DISORIENTATION; EXTRAPONTINE OSMOTIC MYELINOLYSIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTUBATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUSEA; NONKETOTIC DIABETIC COMA; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOMITING; HYPERGLYCEMIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESIS; COMPLICATION; MYELINOLYSIS, CENTRAL PONTINE;

ADULT; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYELINOLYSIS, CENTRAL PONTINE; PARESIS;

EID: 84891850353     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2012.05.045     Document Type: Article

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