Pseudotumor cerebri in renal transplant recipients: A diagnostic challenge

Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 258-260

  Obeid, Tahir ^a   Awada, Adnan ^a   Huraib, Sameer ^a   Quadri, Khaja ^a   Abu Romeh, Saleh ^a  

^a KING FAHAD NATIONAL GUARD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Pseudotumor cerebri; Renal transplant; Visual loss

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ATENOLOL; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; NIFEDIPINE; NORFLOXACIN; PARACETAMOL; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; CADAVER KIDNEY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; OBSTRUCTIVE UROPATHY; PAPILLEDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SAUDI ARABIA; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI;

EID: 0030714604     PISSN: 11218428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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