Transient neurotoxicity associated with FK506: MR findings

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 505-507

  Tomura, Noriaki ^a   Kurosawa, Ryou ^a   Kato, Kohki ^a   Takahashi, Satoshi ^a   Watarai, Jiro ^a   Takeda, Osamu ^a   Watanabe, Arata ^a   Takada, Goro ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain, edema; Drugs, complications; Immunosuppression; Magnetic resonance imaging; Transplant and transplantation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN;

BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DRUG, COMPLICATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; NEUROTOXICITY; TRANSPLANT AND TRANSPLANTATION;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

TACROLIMUS;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0031829902     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199805000-00027     Document Type: Article

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