Focal Neurological Deficit Secondary to Severe Hyponatraemia Mimicking Stroke
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Neurological aspects of hyponatraemia.
Hyponatraemia is a common biochemical finding, but clinical features due to it are infrequent. They are most likely to occur when the plasma sodium concentration has fallen quickly to below 120 mmol/ litre. In a study of 73 hyponatraemic individuals, it was possible to identify four categories of patient, the clinical features becoming more severe as the sodium level fell. In 25 instances there...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2284-2594
DOI: 10.12890/2019_001244