Diffusion-weighted MRI in cyclosporin A neurotoxicity for the classification of cerebral edema

European Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1916-1918

  Debaere, C ^a   Stadnik, T ^a   De Maeseneer, M ^a   Osteaux, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brain; Cyclosporine; Diffusion weighted MRI; Vasogenic edema

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLASSIFICATION; DIFFUSION; DRUG EFFECT; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; TOXICITY AND INTOXICATION;

ADULT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; CYCLOSPORINE; DIFFUSION; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES;

EID: 0033255733     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300050948     Document Type: Article

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