Eye movement disorders in bone marrow transplant patients on cyclosporin and ganciclovir

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 503-505

  Openshaw, H ^a,b   Slatkin, N E ^a   Smith, E ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplant; Cyclosporin; Ganciclovir; Neurological toxicity; Sixth nerve palsy

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; GANCICLOVIR;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS;

EID: 0031041118     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1700679     Document Type: Article

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