Zolpidem dramatically improved motor and speech function in a patient with central pontine myelinolysis
W.-T. Wang,
W.-T. Wang
Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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Y.-Y. Chen
Neurology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan
Search for more papers by this author S.-L. Wu,
S.-L. Wu
Neurology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan
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T.-S. Wei
Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Search for more papers by this author S.-Y. Liu,
S.-Y. Liu
Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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W.-T. Wang,
W.-T. Wang
Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Search for more papers by this author Y.-Y. Chen,
Y.-Y. Chen
Neurology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan
Search for more papers by this author S.-L. Wu,
S.-L. Wu
Neurology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan
Search for more papers by this author T.-S. Wei,
T.-S. Wei
Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Search for more papers by this author S.-Y. Liu,
S.-Y. Liu
Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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First published: 18 September 2007
Sen-Yung Liu, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Changhua Christian Hospital, 135 Nanhsiao Street, Taiwan, Republic of China (tel.: +886-4-7238595-7420; +886-917157376; fax: +886-4-7228289; e-mail:
[email protected]).
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