Severe Tacrolimus Leukoencephalopathy after Liver Transplantation

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2085-2088

  Schuuring, Janneke ^a   Wesseling, Pieter ^a   Verrips, Aad ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS;

ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TACROLIMUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0345254973     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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