Homocystinuria

Disease class: Connective tissue diseases

Disease class: Hyperhomocysteinaemia

Disease class: Inborn metabolic brain diseases

 

Central pontine myelinolysis

 Disease class: brain diseases, Metabolic

Disease class: Demyelinating diseases

 

Consequences

• Locked-in syndrome

 

Causes

• Iatrogenic: Aggressive correction of hyponatraemia. Sodium restoration (e.g. by an infusion of sodium chloride) must be very slow and gradual. Specialist advice should be sought.

Zellweger syndrome

Disease class: Inborn metabolic brain diseases

Disease class: Kidney diseases

Disease class:  Liver diseases