Brain perfusion imaging in asymptomatic patients receiving cyclosporin

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 853-856

  Sheth, Tarang N ^b   Ichise, Masanori ^b   Kucharczyk, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSPLANTATION;

BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0032696883     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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