Central pontine myelinolysis in a patient with methamphetamine abuse

We present a 48-year-old female patient with history of methamphetamine use who developed ataxia, gait difficulty, slurred speech, left Cranial Nerve 7 palsy and mild alteration in mental status. MRI findings suggest that the cause of her newly developed neurological problems is central pontine myel...

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Autores principales: Baker, Stephanie, Oster, Jennifer, Liu, Antonio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8474279/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34589718
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbih.2020.100166
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description We present a 48-year-old female patient with history of methamphetamine use who developed ataxia, gait difficulty, slurred speech, left Cranial Nerve 7 palsy and mild alteration in mental status. MRI findings suggest that the cause of her newly developed neurological problems is central pontine myelinolysis (CPM).
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spelling pubmed-84742792021-09-28 Central pontine myelinolysis in a patient with methamphetamine abuse Baker, Stephanie Oster, Jennifer Liu, Antonio Brain Behav Immun Health Full Length Article We present a 48-year-old female patient with history of methamphetamine use who developed ataxia, gait difficulty, slurred speech, left Cranial Nerve 7 palsy and mild alteration in mental status. MRI findings suggest that the cause of her newly developed neurological problems is central pontine myelinolysis (CPM). Elsevier 2020-10-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8474279/ /pubmed/34589718 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbih.2020.100166 Text en © 2020 Published by Elsevier Inc. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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