Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy in a patient receiving cyclosporin therapy

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 360-363

  Nishigaki, Yutaka ^a   Inoue, Masahiko ^a   Jimi, Takahiro ^a   Wakayama, Yoshihiro ^a   Yoshiba, Makoto ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY FUJIGAOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cortical blindness; Cyclosporin; Fulminant hepatitis; Leukoencephalopathy; MRI

Indexed keywords

BETA INTERFERON; CYCLOSPORIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DRUG MONITORING; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 0032973548     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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