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Case Reports
. 1993;93(5):276-82.

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

A Peeters  1 , F Van de Wyngaert, M Van Lierde, C J Sindic, E C Laterre
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  • PMID: 8296523
Case Reports

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

A Peeters et al. Acta Neurol Belg. 1993.

Abstract

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.

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