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Central pontine signal changes in Wilson's disease: distinct MRI morphology and sequential changes with de-coppering therapy.
Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging - 1 Oct 2007
Sinha Sanjib, Taly Arun B, Ravishankar Shivashankar, Prashanth Lingappa K, Vasudev Mandapati K
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Reports of central pontine myelinolysis (CPM)-like changes in Wilson's disease (WD) and its sequential changes are exceptional. The aim was to study the MRI characteristics of CPM-like changes in WD and the serial changes. METHODS: Among the 121 patients of WD, twenty (M:F:9:11, age at onset: 14.2 +/- 4.6 years) had features similar to CPM. All had progressive neuropsychiatric form of WD....
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