Table 1. Clinical features and magnetic resonance imaging findings of the 8 osmotic demyelination syndrome patients.

Patient number	Age (years)	Sex	Clinical symptoms	Anamnesis	Serum Na+: mmol/L
1	61	Male	Lethargic state	Hyponatremia, hypertension, diabetes	139 mmol/L (day 1)
2	49	Female	Dizziness	Chronic renal insufficiency uremic stage	139 mmol/L (day 2), 142 mmol/L (day 6), 137 mmol/L (day 10)
3	30	Male	Dizziness and fever	Lymphoma	140 mmol/L (day 1), 138 mmol/L (day 3), 137 mmol/L (day 7)
4	40	Male	Psychiatric disorders	Chronic renal insufficiency uremia, hypertension, diabetes	140 mmol/L (day 1), 140 mmol/L (day 4), 141 mmol/L (day 5), 137 mmol/L (day 11)
5	56	Female	No complaint of discomfort	Chronic renal insufficiency, hypertension	139 mol/L (day 1), 126 mmol/L (day 5), 136 mmol/L (day 7), 137 mol/L (day 9), 140 mol/L (day 12)
6	63	Female	No complaint of discomfort	Chronic renal insufficiency, uremic stage, hypertension	142 mmol/L (day 1)
7	40	Male	Dizziness	Acute leukemia	No tests were done
8	68	Male	Dizziness	Kidney transplantation, hyponatremia, hypertension, diabetes	127 mmol/L (day 1), 126 mmol/L (day 2), 133 mmol/L (day 4)