Extra pontine Osmotic demyelination syndrome
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Extra pontine osmotic demyelination syndrome
The osmotic demyelination syndrome (ODS) has been identified as a complication of the rapid correction of hyponatremia for decades. However, in recent years, a variety of other medical conditions have been associated with the development of ODS, independent of changes in serum sodium which cause a rapid changes in osmolality of the interstitial (extracellular) compartment of the brain leading t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Neurosciences
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0972-7531,0976-3260
DOI: 10.5214/ans.0972.7531.220212