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Osmotic demyelination syndrome following slow correction of hyponatremia: Possible role of hypokalemia

A 47-year-old male presented with hyponatremia that was corrected slowly as per the recommended guidelines. The patient improved initially but went on to develop a quadriparesis with a locked-in state due to a central as well as extrapontine myelinolysis and subsequently succumbed to an intercurrent...

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Autores principales: Koul, Parvaiz A., Khan, Umar Hafiz, Jan, Rafi A., Shah, Sanaullah, Qadri, Abdul Baseer, Wani, Burhan, Ashraf, Mohammed, Ahmad, Feroze, Bazaz, Sajjad R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3796902/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24133331
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.118433