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Can osmotic demyelination syndrome be a complication of liver failure?

This case demonstrates that osmotic demyelination syndrome (ODS) can occur in absence of hyponatremia in patients with fulminant liver failure and markedly high bilirubin levels. Extremely high bilirubin levels, such as >900 μmol/L in the case presented here, may lead to blood brain barrier dysfu...

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Autores principales: Purdy, Kaylynn, Anderson, Dustin, Camicioli, Richard, Khadaroo, Rachel G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7005432/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32055718
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ensci.2020.100223

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