Cognitive recovery after delayed carbon monoxide encephalopathy.
- COCITO, LEONARDO
- BIAGIOLI M
- FONTANA P
- INGLESE ML
- PIZZORNO M
- SPIGNO, FABIO
- VOLPE S.
Publication date
January 2005
DOI Publisher
Elsevier BV:PO Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam Netherlands:011 31 20 4853757, 011 31 20 4853642, 011 31 20 4853641, EMAIL: nlinfo-f@elsevier.nl, INTERNET: http://www.elsevier.nl, Fax: 011 31 20 4853598 ISSN
0303-8467 Citation count (estimate)
7Abstract
We report on a patient with delayed carbon monoxide encephalopathy who presented with severe cognitive impairment associated with MRI findings of extensive demyelination of the cerebral white matter after a silent period of three weeks from acute intoxication. Despite the severe signs of structural and functional cerebral impairment in the sub-acute stage, the clinical course was favorable but for residual mild dysfunction of the frontal lobes
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