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Wernicke's encephalopathy and central pontine myelinolysis induced by hyperemesis gravidarum.

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Peeters, Alain [UCL] van de Wyngaert, Françoise [UCL] Van Lierde, M Sindic, Christian [UCL] Laterre, Emile-Christian [UCL]

A 21-year-old woman developed hyperemesis gravidarum, complicated by Wernicke's encephalopathy and central pontine myelinolysis. For the latter, time course of the lesions on magnetic resonance imaging suggests a pathogenetic role for hypophosphatemia rather than for hyponatremia.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche – Case Reports, Journal Article
Publication date 1993
Language Anglais
Journal information "Acta neurologica Belgica" - Vol. 93, no. 5, p. 276-82 (1993)
Peer reviewed yes
issn 0300-9009
Publication status Publié
Affiliations UCL - (SLuc) Service de neurologie
UCL - AGRO/BAPA - Département de biologie appliquée et des productions agricoles
UCL - MD/NOPS - Département de neurologie et de psychiatrie
MESH Subject Adult ; Brain - metabolism ; Female ; Fetal Death ; Humans ; Hyperemesis Gravidarum - complications ; Hypophosphatemia - metabolism ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Myelinolysis, Central Pontine - etiology ; Parity ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy, Multiple ; Wernicke Encephalopathy - complications - etiology
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Bibliographic reference Peeters, Alain ; van de Wyngaert, Françoise ; Van Lierde, M ; Sindic, Christian ; Laterre, Emile-Christian. Wernicke's encephalopathy and central pontine myelinolysis induced by hyperemesis gravidarum.. In: Acta neurologica Belgica, Vol. 93, no. 5, p. 276-82 (1993)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/12057