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Wernickes Encephalopathy and Central Pontine Myelinolysis Induced By Hyperemesis Gravidarum

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Peeters, André [UCL] van de Wyngaert, Françoise [UCL] Vanlierde, 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
Publication date 1993
Language Anglais
Journal information "Acta Neurologica Belgica" - Vol. 93, no. 5, p. 276-282 (1993)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Acta Medica Belgica (Brussels)
issn 0300-9009
Publication status Publié
Affiliations UCL - (SLuc) Service de neurologie
UCL - MD/NOPS - Département de neurologie et de psychiatrie
Keywords WERNICKES ENCEPHALOPATHY ; CENTRAL PONTINE MYELINOLYSIS ; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM ; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA
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Bibliographic reference Peeters, André ; van de Wyngaert, Françoise ; Vanlierde, M. ; Sindic, Christian ; Laterre, Emile-Christian. Wernickes Encephalopathy and Central Pontine Myelinolysis Induced By Hyperemesis Gravidarum. In: Acta Neurologica Belgica, Vol. 93, no. 5, p. 276-282 (1993)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/49196