Case report: Reversible cortical blindness and convulsions with cyclosporin A toxicity in a patient undergoing allogeneic peripheral stem cell transplantation

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 793-795

  Madan, B ^a,b   Schey, S A ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation; Cyclosporin a encephalopathy; Cyclosporin a toxicity

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; PREDNISOLONE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; CONVULSION; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; ERYTHROLEUKEMIA; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SEIZURE;

ADULT; BLINDNESS, CORTICAL; CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LEUKEMIA, ERYTHROBLASTIC, ACUTE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; SEIZURES;

EID: 0031278723     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1700973     Document Type: Article

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