TY - JOUR PY - 2008// TI - Clinical and diagnostic features of delayed hypoxic leukoencephalopathy JO - Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences A1 - Shprecher, David R. A1 - Flanigan, Kevin M. A1 - Smith, A. Gordon A1 - Smith, Shawn M. A1 - Schenkenberg, Thomas A1 - Steffens, John SP - 473 EP - 477 VL - 20 IS - 4 N2 - Delayed hypoxic leukoencephalopathy is an underrecognized syndrome of delayed demyelination, which is important to consider when delayed onset of neuropsychiatric symptoms follows a hypoxic event. The authors describe clinical and diagnostic features of three such cases, review the pathophysiology of delayed hypoxic leukoencephalopathy, and discuss features which may help distinguish it from toxic leukoencephalopathy.
Language: en
LA - en SN - 0895-0172 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/jnp.2008.20.4.473 ID - ref1 ER -