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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]

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The most potent risk factor in the development of central pontine myelinolysis is hyponatremia. Other risk factors include: Liver dysfunction and liver diseases, hypocholesterolemia, alcoholism, malnutrition, systemic medical disease and hemodialysis.

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  1. Lee EM, Kang JK, Yun SC, Kim KH, Kim SJ, Hwang KS; et al. (2009). "Risk factors for central pontine and extrapontine myelinolysis following orthotopic liver transplantation". Eur Neurol. 62 (6): 362–8. doi:10.1159/000242426. PMID 19797900.
  2. Jacob S, Gupta H, Nikolic D, Gundogdu B, Ong S (2014). "Central pontine and extrapontine myelinolysis: the great masquerader-an autopsy case report". Case Rep Neurol Med. 2014: 745347. doi:10.1155/2014/745347. PMC 3970353. PMID 24716023.
  3. Martin RJ (2004). "Central pontine and extrapontine myelinolysis: the osmotic demyelination syndromes". J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 75 Suppl 3: iii22–8. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2004.045906. PMC 1765665. PMID 15316041.
  4. Oo TN, Smith CL, Swan SK (2003). "Does uremia protect against the demyelination associated with correction of hyponatremia during hemodialysis? A case report and literature review". Semin Dial. 16 (1): 68–71. PMID 12535304.

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