Clinical and diagnostic features of delayed hypoxic leukoencephalopathy.

J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci

University of Rochester, Department of Neurology, 1351 Mt. Hope Ave, Suite 100, Rochester, NY 14620-3917, USA.

Published: April 2009

Delayed hypoxic leukoencephalopathy is an underrecognized syndrome of delayed demyelination, which is important to consider when delayed onset of neuropsychiatric symptoms follows a hypoxic event. The authors describe clinical and diagnostic features of three such cases, review the pathophysiology of delayed hypoxic leukoencephalopathy, and discuss features which may help distinguish it from toxic leukoencephalopathy.

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