Surgical Neurology
Volume 69, Issue 3 , Pages 226-229 , March 2008

Cerebral salt wasting and elevated brain natriuretic peptide levels after traumatic brain injury: 2 case reports

  • Daniel C. Lu, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, PO Box 0112, San Francisco, CA 94143-0112, USA. Tel.: +1 415 353 3904; fax: +1 415 353 3907.
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  • Devin K. Binder, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA
    • ,
  • Bonnie Chien

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA
    • ,
  • Alan Maisel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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  • Geoffrey T. Manley, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA

Received 7 February 2007 ,Accepted 13 February 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.surneu.2007.02.051

Surgical Neurology
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