Mesial temporal sclerosis - A late complication in four allogeneic pediatric recipients with persistent seizures after an acute episode of cyclosporine - A neurotoxicity

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 919-922

  Faraci, M ^a   Lanino, E ^a   Dallorso, S ^a   Morreale, G ^a   Cappelli, B ^a   Gaggero, R ^a   Dini, G ^a   Haupt, R ^a   Fondelli, M P ^a  

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cyclosporine neurotoxicity; Intractable temporal epilepsy; Mesial temporal sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BUSULFAN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; CYTARABINE; ETOPOSIDE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; PSORALEN; STEROID; THIOTEPA; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; VINCRISTINE;

ALLOGRAFT; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYCLOSPORINE; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HISTIOCYTOSIS, NON-LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; NEUROTOXINS; OSTEOPOROSIS; SCLEROSIS; SEIZURES; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION CONDITIONING;

EID: 0037607452     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1704023     Document Type: Review

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