Pediatric Neurology
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 64-66 , July 2004

Central pontine myelinolysis central pontine myelinolysis manifesting with massive myoclonus

  • Hüseyin Tan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Neurology, Erzurum, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCommunications should be addressed to:Dr. Tan; Atatürk University; Faculty of Medicine; Yakutiye Research Hospital; Department of Pediatric Neurology; 25240, Erzurum, Turkey
    • ,
  • Ömer Önbaş, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Atatürk University, Faculty of Medicine, Erzurum, Turkey

Received 7 October 2003 ,Accepted 5 January 2004.

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PII: S0887-8994(04)00054-2

doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2004.01.001

Pediatric Neurology
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 64-66 , July 2004

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