[Neurological catastrophes in demyelinating diseases].
Demyelinating diseases may cause neurological catastrophes in several ways. Rapidly progressing disease or severe acute bouts may seriously threaten the patient's life. Diagnostic procedures, errors in identifying the clinical picture and even treatments themselves may result in a catastrophe. This article reviews the most frequent catastrophic scenarios.
Servicio de Neurología, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, España. jose_garciadom@hotmail.com
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Guzmán de Villoria Lebiedziejewski
D000208:Acute Disease; D003711:Demyelinating Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*