Late onset of tacrolimus-related posterior leukoencephalopathy after living donor liver transplantation

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 983-985

  Frühauf, Nils R ^a   Koeppen, Susanne ^a   Saner, Fuat H ^a   Egelhof, Thomas ^a   Stavrou, Gregor ^a   Nadalin, Silvio ^a   Broelsch, Christoph E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0042381383     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jlts.2003.50181     Document Type: Article

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