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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Central pontine myelinolysis was first discovered by '''Raymond Delacy Adams''', an an American [[neurologist]], in 1959. | |||
==Historical Perspective== | ==Historical Perspective== | ||
===Discovery=== | ===Discovery=== | ||
* '''Raymond Delacy Adams''' and colleagues observed a rapidly evolving [[quadriplegia]] and [[pseudobulbar palsy]] in a young alcoholic man whose postmortem examination showed a large, symmetrical, essentially [[Demyelination|demyelinative]] lesion occupying the greater part of the base of the [[pons]] In 1950. | |||
*Central pontine myelinolysis was first discovered by '''Raymond Delacy Adams''', an an American [[neurologist]], in 1959. | |||
==References== | ==References== |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mohamadmostafa Jahansouz M.D.[2]
Overview
Central pontine myelinolysis was first discovered by Raymond Delacy Adams, an an American neurologist, in 1959.
Historical Perspective
Discovery
- Raymond Delacy Adams and colleagues observed a rapidly evolving quadriplegia and pseudobulbar palsy in a young alcoholic man whose postmortem examination showed a large, symmetrical, essentially demyelinative lesion occupying the greater part of the base of the pons In 1950.
- Central pontine myelinolysis was first discovered by Raymond Delacy Adams, an an American neurologist, in 1959.