Unusual association of diseases/symptoms: Cerebralsalt wasting syndrome following atlantoaxial fracture dislocation in Down syndrome

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Abdel Latif, Mohamed El Amin ^a,b   Chan, Patrick W K ^c   Goh, Adrian Yu Teik ^c   Lum, Lucy Chai See ^c  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

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EID: 84896795526     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.06.2008.0135     Document Type: Article

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