American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 55, Issue 4 , Pages 742-748 , April 2010

A Patient With Severe Hyponatremia and Hypokalemia: Osmotic Demyelination Following Potassium Repletion

  • Tomas Berl, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Tomas Berl, MD, University of Colorado Denver, Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, Box C281, 12700 E 19th Ave, Research 2, Rm 7014, Aurora, CO 80045
    • ,
  • Asghar Rastegar, MD

      Affiliations

    • Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

Received 31 August 2009 ,Accepted 23 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.12.024

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 55, Issue 4 , Pages 742-748 , April 2010

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