Transient bone marrow edema in renal transplantation: A distinct post-transplantation syndrome with a characteristic MRI appearance

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 467-470

  Coates, P Toby H ^a   Tie, Mark ^b   Russ, Graeme R ^a   Mathew, Timothy H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b North Western Adelaide Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bone marrow edema; Cyclosporin; Magnetic resonance imaging; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

BASILIXIMAB; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYCLOSPORIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; RAPAMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE MARROW DISEASE; BONE MARROW EDEMA; BONE PAIN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EPIPHYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KNEE PAIN; MALE; METAPHYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; BONE MARROW DISEASES; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KNEE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OSTEONECROSIS; PAIN; SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0346144489     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-6143.2002.20512.x     Document Type: Article

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