A case of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis after renal transplantation

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 792-796

  Iwanaga, Takeshi ^a   Ooboshi, Hiroaki ^a   Imamura, Tsuyoshi ^a   Mizumasa, Toru ^a   Ibayashi, Setsuro ^a   Hirakata, Hideki ^a   Fujishima, Masatoshi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; Cytomegalovirus; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYELIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVULSION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0035525802     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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