Severe bilateral tremor in a liver transplant recipient taking cyclosporine

Movement Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 589-596

  LeDoux, Mark S ^a   McGill, Lora J ^e   Pulsinelli, William A ^e   Pfeiffer, Ronald F ^e   Deuschl, Günther ^b   Siderowf, Andrew ^c   Kurlan, Roger ^c   Sethi, Kapil ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LORAZEPAM; PHENYTOIN; PREDNISONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEPTIC SHOCK; TREMOR;

ADULT; CYCLOSPORINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MYELINOLYSIS, CENTRAL PONTINE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREMOR;

EID: 0031919318     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.870130337     Document Type: Article

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