Glucocorticoids and hippocampal atrophy after heart transplantation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1965-1967

  Wilner, Asher P ^a   De Varennes, Benoit ^b   Gregoire, Pierre A ^b   Lupien, Sonia ^b   Pruessner, Jens C ^b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPERCORTISOLISM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT;

ADULT; ATROPHY; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0036266337     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)03502-0     Document Type: Article

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