Normal Correction of Sodium Leading to Central Pontine Demyelinosis: A Rare Occurrence

Fasih Sami Siddiqui1, Zarmina Javed2, Ujala Mahmood1

  • 1Internal Medicine, Shifa College of Medicine, Islamabad, PAK.

Cureus
|November 13, 2018
PubMed

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