Seizures after orthotopic liver transplantation

Seizure

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 31-39

  Wszolek, Z K ^a   Steg, R E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Neurology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Liver transplantation; Neurologic complications; Seizures

Indexed keywords

15 DEOXYSPERGUALIN; BREQUINAR; CARBAMAZEPINE; CYCLOSPORIN; DIAZEPAM; FELBAMATE; GABAPENTIN; LORAZEPAM; MEZLOCILLIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OKT 3; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PROSTAGLANDIN; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS; THALIDOMIDE; THEOPHYLLINE; THROMBOCYTE ANTIBODY; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN INJURY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DROWSINESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; EPILEPTIC STATE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TOXICITY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG DISEASE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; TREMOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031051714     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(97)80050-7     Document Type: Article

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