Cyclosporin A-induced ocular flutter after marrow transplantation

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 255-256

  Apsner, R ^a,c   Schulenburg, A ^a   Steinhoff, N ^a   Keil, F ^a   Janata, K ^b   Kalhs, P ^a   Greinix, H ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Abteilung für Notfallmedizin   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cyclosporin; Neurotoxicity; Ocular flutter

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROOCULOGRAM; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; NEUROTOXICITY; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SYMPTOM; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 0030753932     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1700809     Document Type: Article

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