title: Wernicke's encephalopathy and central pontine myelinolysis induced by hyperemesis gravidarum.
abstract: A 21-year-old woman developed hyperemesis gravidarum, complicated by Wernicke's encephalopathy and central pontine myelinolysis. For the latter, time course of the lesions on magnetic resonance imaging suggests a pathogenetic role for hypophosphatemia rather than for hyponatremia.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurologie, Cliniques Universitaires St. Luc, Universitè Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Peeters
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Van de Wyngaert
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Van Lierde
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Sindic
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Laterre
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death; D006801:Humans; D006939:Hyperemesis Gravidarum / Q000150:complications*; D017674:Hypophosphatemia / Q000378:metabolism; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D017590:Myelinolysis, Central Pontine / Q000209:etiology*; D010298:Parity; D011247:Pregnancy; D011272:Pregnancy, Multiple; D014899:Wernicke Encephalopathy / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*