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Laureno R, Karp BI

Myelinolysis after correction of hyponatremia

Ann Int Med (Jan) 126:57-62 1997

The is a review of CNS damage attendant to overly rapid correction of the plasma sodium. Evidence is presented that myelinolysis can occur when correction of plasma Na is greater than 10 mM/day.

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